In the Vine Country

by E.OE.Somerville (Author), Martin Ross (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $3.29

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.29

  Somerville and Ross wrote many travel books charting their experiences throughout Ireland and abroad. In the Vine Country is an account of a tour through the Medoc county, where they discover the pleasures of harvest - a glass of mout, freshly trodden, and garlic kisses from their hostess. Then to a grand chateau, where they establish themselves as 'Les Anglais pour rire' by their sorry attempts to speak French. Mistresses of ironic wit and precise observation, this is Somerville and Ross at their most genial