![]() And John Thaw, who played me, seemed to be in a perpetually bad mood, whereas I was absolutely delighted with my new life in France.” He said: “It came across as a story about retirement which was a long way from the truth. It was later turned into a UK TV show in 1993, although in a 2009 interview with The Connexion, Mayle admitted to being “disappointed with the way turned out”. The book became a near-instant bestseller, and went on to sell over a million copies in the UK and six million across the world. Knopf January 18, 2018īorn in 1939, and a former advertising executive before becoming a writer, Mayle was arguably best-known for the 1989 book A Year in Provence, which chronicled his move from Devon to the Luberon in France over 30 years ago. We are sad to report that Peter Mayle, the beloved writer who wrote multiple bestselling books about life in Provence, died early today at a hospital near his home in the south of France. ![]() ![]() Knopf, this Thursday, along with a photo of the late Mayle. ![]() ![]() The news was confirmed on Twitter by the author’s publisher, Alfred A. ![]()
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