L'auberge

Author: Julia Stagg

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  • : $40.00 NZD
  • : 9781444708226
  • : Hodder & Stoughton General Division
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  • : 01 April 2011
  • : 232mm X 154mm X 24mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 39.99
  • : 01 June 2011
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Description

The small commune of Fogas in the French Pyrenees has been thrown into turmoil by the revelation that the Auberge des Deux Vallees has been bought by an English couple and not by the Mayor's brother-in-law as had been expected. With everyone aghast at the idea of an English run restaurant and the certainty of gastronomic disasters, Mayor Serge Papon is in the mood to take revenge. Within hours of hearing the news, he has called an emergency Committee meeting and his machinations to force out the new owners have begun. But the Mayor hasn't reckoned on one of his deputies, Christian Dupuy, whose conscience always leads his politics. Refusing to condone Mayor Papon's calls to compulsory purchase the Auberge, he proposes an alternative solution which will prevent the Mayor from getting his own way. Or will it ...

Author description

Julia Stagg lives in the Ariege-Pyrenees region of France, where she runs a small auberge and tries to convince the French that the British can cook.