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28ÌýJUNEÌý2008
Sandi Toksvig digs beneath the rather bucolic tourist view of the Provence region and explores the ancient and modern cities, Venice and Istanbul; water, war and romance - the links go back many hundreds of years.
The Provence region of France was made famous by the writer Peter Mayle’s book A Year in Provence. Nicholas Woodsworth married into a Provencal family and put down roots in Provence four years ago. His latest book Seeking Provence: Old Myths, New Paths reveals a rather different place with 3,000 years of history.Ìý
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Jason Goodwin has just published The Bellini Card, the third novel in his series of sort of travel thrillers. His characters travel from Venice to Istanbul on the trail of a stolen painting.
Jason recounts his first experience of Istanbul as a young man following a challenging six month backpacking journey across Easter Europe and discusses the personal appeal the two cities’ woven history.
Presented by Sandi Toksvig
Photo:ÌýIstanbul skyline and Bosphorus Bosporos ferry
This week’s guests:Ìý
Nicholas Woodsworth is a writer who married into a Provencal family and has lived in the area for many years. Born in Ottawa in Canada he grew up in Africa and South East Asia and was Africa correspondent for the Financial Times in the late eighties then a staff travel writer for the FT until 2003 when he had what he describes as a ‘career discussion’.
His latest book Provence, Old Myths, New Paths is a revealing exploration of a Provence unknown to many people.
Seeking Provence: Old Myths, New Paths
Publisher: Haus Publishing Limited (1 Jul 2008)
ISBN-10: 1905791550
ISBN-13: 978-1905791552
is an author who has written travel books and travelogues and has just published his new travel thriller The Bellini Card.
His character an Ottoman detective, Yashim, The Eunuch Investigator and the hero of the other two books, travels from Venice to Istanbul in the late 19th century on the trail of a stolen painting.
The Bellini Card: 'Yashim the Eunuch' Mystery
Publisher: Faber and Faber (3 Jul 2008)
ISBN-10: 0571239927
ISBN-13: 978-0571239924
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