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French Secrets

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Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: Modern fiction
Audience: General/trade
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint: Sphere
Publication Date: 27/03/2012
Place of Publication: United Kingdom

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Honor Brady falls in love with wine merchant Hugo Lancaster and moves to Astignac, a village in the French wine region Entre Deux Mers. Hugo sells rare wines to connoisseurs. These are wines with a story ? wines hidden during World War ll and only recently discovered; wines from the cellars of the Romanovs; wines from legendary vintages. Didier Rousseau, an ex-banker turned vigneron, covets the property where Hugo and Honor are living. Melanie Miller, an American student, discovers she has a secret link to the same property. Ivor Kitchov, Melanie's step-father, an American of Russian descent, wants to buy a bottle of wine that belonged to the Tsar. Diarmuid Keenan, Honor's friend, has avoided marriage and commitment, claiming he has never encountered the real thing. They are interested in Astignac for different reasons. But they have one thing in common: the need to know what is true and what is false.

There is a timeless quality to McAuley's writing. She knows how to tell a good story with carefully drawn characters, a charming setting and insights into the wine business. If you are off to France this summer, this is the one to take with you Irish Independent

Title: French Secrets
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Contributors: By (author) Roisin McAuley

ISBN 13: 9780751538601
ISBN 10: 0751538604

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint: Sphere
Publication Date: 27/03/2012
Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
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BIC Subjects: Modern fiction
Dewey Classification: 823.92 (DC23)
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction

Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Height: 196mm
Width: 126mm
Thickness: 23mm
Weight: 278g