Richard journeys to southern France, visiting the Cevennes mountains, Marseille, Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera and Grasse in the hills north of Cannes. Key passages from books are referenced as he goes along, including works by Robert Louis Stevenson (Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes'), Alexandre Dumas (The Count of Monte Cristo), F Scott Fitzgerald (Tender is the Night), Elizabeth David (Book of Mediterranean Food) and Patrick Suskind (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer). Richard not only learns about the lives of these great authors, but also experiences many of the places immortalized in the literary classics they created.
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