Blogs in January 1970

The Dying Minutes 1st January 1970

In 1972 a gold bullion convoy is hijacked in Marseilles. The security trucks and hijackers are swiftly rounded up, but a ton of gold has disappeared. More than twenty years later, Daniel Jacquot receives an unexpected gift from an...

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The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted 1st January 1970

‘Every good love story has another love hiding within it’ Brokenhearted and still mourning the loss of her husband, Heidi travels with Abbott, her obsessive-compulsive eight-year-old son, and Charlotte, her jaded sixteen-year-old niece, to the small village of Puyloubier...

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A Piano in the Pyrenees 1st January 1970

The French Pyrenees become Hawks’ new new home and as he tries to settle in, he recounts many of his adventures with the native folk, the struggles trying to get things done – all with insight and humour.

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Dead Line 1st January 1970

And just as your plan is developing, so you’re evolving, too. You’re changing in ways you never would have thought possible before. But that’s acceptable to you. You’re prepared to do whatever it takes . . . Why? Because...

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The Dream of Scipio 1st January 1970

Set in Provence at three crucial moments of Western civilisation (the final collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Black Death in the 14th century, and the Second World War in the 20th), Pears presents the...

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