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A Year at the Chateau

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 THE ENTERTAINING AND HEARTWARMING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.

Like many couples, Dick and Angel had long dreamed of living in France, but where others might settle for a modest bolthole in the French countryside, the Strawbridges fell in love with a 19th-century fairytale château, complete with 45 rooms, seven outbuildings, 12 acres of land and its own moat.

Throwing caution to the wind, Dick and Angel swapped their two-bedroom flat in East London for an abandoned and derelict castle in the heart of the Loire valley and embarked on the adventure of a lifetime with their two young children Arthur and Dorothy.

Sharing their full journey for the first time, A Year at the Château follows Dick and Angel from when they first moved to France in the depths of winter and found bedrooms infested with flies, turrets inhabited by bats, the wind rattling through cracked windows, and just one working toilet, which flushed into the moat, through to the monumental efforts that went into readying the château for their unforgettable wedding and their incredibly special first Christmas.

Along the way we'll read glorious descriptions of rural life in France, with charming characters, delicious food and wonderful seasonal produce, together with the extraordinary list of renovations and restorations Dick and Angel completed, many of which were never shown on TV.

As warm and entertaining as their much-loved show, A Year at the Château is a truly irresistible story of adventure and heart, epic ambitions and a huge amount of hard graft. Adventure Travel Entertainment & Performing Arts Europe Film & TV Home Design & Renovation House & Home Western Europe Adventure Celebrity Winter Inspiring Thought-Provoking Feel-Good England Christmas
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Loved reliving the journey of the first year at The Chateau with Dick and Angel! Excellent!!

So inspiring!

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Loved this book. As an audible book I think you need to have seen the telly first in order to get the pics in your head. I couldn't get the downloads to work for me.

I enjoyed the narration. Slightly more stilted in delivery than their T. V. selves, but an honest clear narration.

More please.

Transported me to France

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It was made even better with Dick and Angel narrating! Excellent for escapism and just so easy to listen to.

Loved it!

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A year at the Chateau. Inspiring and heart warming. Can't wait for more of Chateau story telling.

A book of love, joy and hard graft. Epic.

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I've read the book and really enjoyed it, but it's very special to hear Dick and Angela bring their words to life. I've listened to it a couple of times now walk in the highland hills with my dog and it never ceases to inspire and delight me. hope you'll enjoy audio presentations for your future books.

brings the story to life.

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