Two Englishmen enjoying a swim off the Essex coast suddenly have the feeling that they are back at the French seaside. They find themselves starting to tell each other of their youthful experiences of living in France several decades ago.
Two Englishmen enjoying a swim off the Essex coast suddenly have the feeling that they are back at the French seaside. They find themselves starting to tell each other of their youthful experiences of living in France several decades ago.
John Adamson, born at Poltimore, Devon, studied at the universities of Edinburgh and Geneva. He worked for several short periods in the translation department of the Banque Française du Commerce Extérieur in Paris and for eight months at the Berlitz School of Languages in London, before embarking on a career in publishing, starting as a graduate trainee at Cambridge University Press. There he became European sales representative, later publicity manager and lastly export sales director, afterwards joining the National Portrait Gallery in London as head of publications and retailing. Since the early nineties he has been an independent publisher of books in the fine and decorative arts as well as a writer and translator. He was awarded a fellowship of the Society of Antiquaries in 2019. Clive Jackson grew up in Colchester, Essex, where he attended Colchester Royal Grammar School. After working for a year in the overseas business department of a City of London insurance company, he studied for a University of London degree in French and Spanish. Deciding on a career as a modern language teacher, he lived abroad for a number of years teaching French in Canada and English in the south of France. Long resident in Cambridge, he worked in adult education as a Spanish tutor, completing his career as head of Spanish at the Perse School.
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Frontispiece Prologue 1. An Englishman in the ninth district 2. Clive's voyage into the unknown 3. René 4. Clive the grape-picker 5. John's stroll through Paris 6. Clive arrives at Salies-de-Béarn 7. John finds a job in the big city 8. Clive settles in Salies-de-Béarn 9. John's apprenticeship at a Paris bank 10. Sad news for Clive from London 11. Cinéma vérité: on location in Paris 12. Clive back in the vineyard 13. New waves for John 14. Clive on a Mobylette to the Basque Country 15. John and the elusive film world 16. Béarnaise sauce 17. John, the gourmet banker 18. Clive rolls up his sleeves in the provinces 19. John and the newly-weds 20. Clive tries his hand at rough shooting 21. John moves house 22. Clive and Marianne 23. John settles in on the rue Sainte-Anastase 24. Provincial doctor to Clive's rescue 25. John meets Luisa 26. Clive learns his lesson skiing at Cauterets 27. John's friends find connubial bliss 28. Crossing the border into Spain 29. John meets Chuchi 30. Clive heads for the metropolis 31. John joins the Paris rag trade 32 Live pop music à la française 33. John and the Marais copper-engraver 34. Clive answers the call of the south 35. The need to feed the inner man 36. Clive enjoys good company in the café at Carresse 37. John uses his Métro ticket 38. Summer festivals - and Clive takes the mike 39. John and the Irishman 40. Small-town wedding 41. John afloat in Paris 42. Clive goes under at Saint-Jean-de-Luz 43. John working with the Galerie Genot 44. Clive on horseback in the Camargue 45. John the balloon man 46. Clive wields his knife and fork at Les Baux-de-Provence 47. John's private view Epilogue Acknowledgements Tailpiece
Frontispiece Prologue 1. An Englishman in the ninth district 2. Clive's voyage into the unknown 3. René 4. Clive the grape-picker 5. John's stroll through Paris 6. Clive arrives at Salies-de-Béarn 7. John finds a job in the big city 8. Clive settles in Salies-de-Béarn 9. John's apprenticeship at a Paris bank 10. Sad news for Clive from London 11. Cinéma vérité: on location in Paris 12. Clive back in the vineyard 13. New waves for John 14. Clive on a Mobylette to the Basque Country 15. John and the elusive film world 16. Béarnaise sauce 17. John, the gourmet banker 18. Clive rolls up his sleeves in the provinces 19. John and the newly-weds 20. Clive tries his hand at rough shooting 21. John moves house 22. Clive and Marianne 23. John settles in on the rue Sainte-Anastase 24. Provincial doctor to Clive's rescue 25. John meets Luisa 26. Clive learns his lesson skiing at Cauterets 27. John's friends find connubial bliss 28. Crossing the border into Spain 29. John meets Chuchi 30. Clive heads for the metropolis 31. John joins the Paris rag trade 32 Live pop music à la française 33. John and the Marais copper-engraver 34. Clive answers the call of the south 35. The need to feed the inner man 36. Clive enjoys good company in the café at Carresse 37. John uses his Métro ticket 38. Summer festivals - and Clive takes the mike 39. John and the Irishman 40. Small-town wedding 41. John afloat in Paris 42. Clive goes under at Saint-Jean-de-Luz 43. John working with the Galerie Genot 44. Clive on horseback in the Camargue 45. John the balloon man 46. Clive wields his knife and fork at Les Baux-de-Provence 47. John's private view Epilogue Acknowledgements Tailpiece
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