Life In A French Country House: Entertaining for All Seasons

This book presents a very glamorous view of life in a French country house and the pictures are very atmospheric and transport you there. I guess the problem I have is that there is virtually no content in written form at all - a few sparse paragraphs here and there and a handful of recipes that I don’t think anyone could recreate as they are poorly explained. Most annoying of all is that any commentary linked to the photography is contained at the back of the book so you are forever flicking backwards and forwards. I enjoyed the images but I’m afraid it offers little inspiration beyond that, and almost everything photographed comes from Dior, so a little out of most people’s price range!

1. If you are someone who is interested in country lifestyle and interior you will not regret buying this book 2. It has been on my coffee table for a while and each time I gets a lot of joy reading it and also a lot of visitors ask about it.3. Very very pretty on your bookshelf or book collection4. The content is not just pretty but useful

If you love coffee table books you'll love this, the pictures are divine such quality paper gorgeous colour pictures information about her life, I adore this book.

The cover is very good quality as well. Loved the small recipes inside! Will definitely try some soon!The story behind the family tree is very interesting and the pictures very beautiful as well!

Oh dear. I can’t complain this book is pretentious, because I expected that. But it is very little else. The pictures turn out to be repetitive photos of flower arrangements and table scapes, and the quality is patchy. There are 8 recipes, including one for iced tea. The “inspirational tips” can be summarised: have a ‘mom’ who is best friends with Christina Onassis, then marry a billionaire. Goodness knows, if I followed that approach, I’d have a tidy house too!

I bought this for a friend, no negative feedback.