# Idle In Provence

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- Book: [Idle In Provence](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-idle/idle-in-provence) ([Idle In Provence.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-idle/idle-in-provence.md))
- Authors: [Eric Idle](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-idle)
- Publisher: ebury_press
- ISBN: 978-15-2997-681-6
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2026-09-10
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Enchanting and hilarious' Stephen Fry In 1971, two years after the launch of Monty Python’s Flying Circus made his comedy troupe global superstars - and made all their lives a little more complicated - Eric Idle decided to buy a ramshackle property in the south of France. In search of a simpler, quieter life, what followed was a story akin to A Year in Provence , but with more disaster, more heartbreak, more laughs - and much more spam. A tale spanning a fifty-year quest of home-building, friendship-making and bad-French-learning, Idle in Provence is a hilarious, tender and unforgettable memoir of Eric Idle's very own escape to the country.