Books, the French Riviera and travelling, 3 of my favourite things. So books set in the French Riviera are ideal reading material for me. I mean fictional stories set in the location. They add another dimension to your travel. Getting lost in a book and escaping to a far-off place is a wonderful indulgence, the perfect antidote to stressful times.
There is something for everyone in this list of books set in various parts of the French Riviera, covering romance to thrillers, literary classics to chicklit, and crime to humour, by a selection of French, Belgian, American, Irish, Canadian, British, Brazilian and German writers. In , his life was in complete turmoil and he stopped painting. His wife had discovered that his mistress had given birth to a daughter and she started divorce proceedings.
This mysterious Monsieur Ruiz rented a villa in JuanβlesβPins. A year later Picasso painted his masterpiece Guernica. They develop a friendship, inspiring each other. Tender is the Night is probably the most well-known book of all time set on the Riviera, a modern classic. There, in their oasis by the sea, the Murphys regaled their guests and their children with flamboyant beach parties, fiery debates over the newest ideas, and dinners beneath the stars.
It was, for a while, a charmed life, but these were people who kept secrets, and who beneath the sparkling veneer were heartbreakingly human. When a tragic accident brings Owen, a young American aviator who fought in the Great War, to the south of France, he finds himself drawn into this flamboyant circle, and the Murphys find their world irrevocably, unexpectedly transformed. However, once there, the author captures the hedonism and drama of the times and the beauty of the Riviera setting with her evocative writing.
This is the second part of Love in Provence trilogy, a series of romances set in the French Riviera, mainly based around Antibes. It works as a stand-alone book in itself though I imagine reading the prequel and sequel would enrich the story. Choosing to walk away from her past and start over was completely unexpected.
