Tag: France
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Why Hemingway decided you should never go on trips with anyone you do not love.
Journeys don’t always work out the way we think they will. When F. Scott Fitzgerald invited Ernest Hemingway on a short trip from Paris to Lyon, Hemingway jumped at the chance. Fitzgerald was the more established novelist at the time and Hemingway saw it as a chance for two writers to spend some agreeable time…
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Touching the sea again at Honfleur
Three months into her tandem journey around France, Catherine Pringle reaches the English Channel when she arrives at Honfleur in Normandy. It’s late summer now and the weather is turning colder. She is tempted to mark the return to the coast with a symbolic dip in the Seine Estuary. But, as ever with Catherine, food…
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How a moment from Casablanca inspired a scene in Peloton of Two
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the release of Casablanca, one of Hollywood’s most successful and iconic movies. Casablanca’s popularity has only improved with time and it is now considered an undisputed masterpiece and perhaps Hollywood’s quintessential statement on love and romance. The movie was released in November 1942 to a solid but not…
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20 novels set in France – part 2
The cities and regions of France have been an inspiration for many writers. I enjoyed researching the French locations for my novel Peloton of Two. Somehow, when I should have been working on the research, I also found myself rereading my favourite novels set in France and discovering new ones. Below is the second half…
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20 novels set in France – part 1
The cities and regions of France have been an inspiration for many writers. I enjoyed researching the French locations for my novel Peloton of Two. Somehow, when I should have been working on the research, I also found myself rereading my favourite novels set in France and discovering new ones. Below is a selection of…