French Country Cooking: Meals and Moments from a Village in the Vineyards

Mimi Thorisson

A captivating journey to off-the-beaten-path French wine country with 100 simple yet exquisite recipes, 150 sumptuous photographs, and stories inspired by life in a small village Francophiles and armchair travelers who loved Dorie Greenspan sAround My French Tableand David Lebovitz sMy Paris Kitchenwill...

Somme; Into The Breach

Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

No conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the Western Front than the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The tragic loss of life and stoic endurance by troops who walked towards their death is an iconic image which will be hard to ignore during the centennial year. Despite this, this book shows t...

Parade's End

Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford's great masterpiece exploring love and identity during the First World War, in a Penguin Classics edition with an introduction by Julian Barnes. A masterly novel of destruction and regeneration, Parade's End follows the story of aristocrat Christopher Tietjens as his world is shattered ...