After 16 months of travelling round the Mediterranean in search of the ancient secrets of the olive tree, Carol returns to her beloved olive farm in the south of France, to her husband Michel and his burgeoning family. However, the homecoming celebrations are overshadowed by disturbing discoveries.
After 16 months of travelling round the Mediterranean in search of the ancient secrets of the olive tree, Carol returns to her beloved olive farm in t...
In this, the third episode of a trilogy, the author and her husband Michel are looking forward to summer together on the farm but a shocking blow leaves Carol alone. The future is uncertain and she takes us beyond the perimeters of the olive groves to where hunters, poets, bee-keepers and gypsies abide.
In this, the third episode of a trilogy, the author and her husband Michel are looking forward to summer together on the farm but a shocking blow leav...
THE OLIVE TREE charts Carol Drinkwater's colourful and often dangerous journey in search of the routes that olive cultivation has taken over the centuries. Set during a springtime Mediterranean that is evocative and perennial, it is above all a tale of our time. Troubled by challenges her own South of France farm is experiencing, Carol realises new approaches to farming are becoming essential. Her quest takes her south through Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Italy before she finally returns to her farm. Through her travels and vivid encounters, Carol confronts some of the critical...
THE OLIVE TREE charts Carol Drinkwater's colourful and often dangerous journey in search of the routes that olive cultivation has taken over the centu...
Carol is pregnant and their ever-loyal gardener is leaving to oversee the marriage of his son. Often unassisted, Carol takes on the bulk of the farm work alone. But, as the harvest season approaches, dramatic events cast dark shadows over their olive farm.
Carol is pregnant and their ever-loyal gardener is leaving to oversee the marriage of his son. Often unassisted, Carol takes on the bulk of the farm w...
'Lovely, mouth-watering, page-turning. Packed with the sunshine, scents and savours of the South of France. Enough to make you rush straight to the Eurostar.' Daily Mail The grape harvest at the Cambon family's magnificent Provencal vineyard is always a cause for celebration. But not this year. When the crop is accidentally destroyed, leaving the estate facing ruin, Clarisse Cambon knows exactly who to blame - her English daughter-in-law Jane. It's just the latest incident in a decades-long feud that has left Jane feeling like an uninvited guest in her husband Luc's family. But when tragedy...
'Lovely, mouth-watering, page-turning. Packed with the sunshine, scents and savours of the South of France. Enough to make you rush straight to the Eu...
