Marseillan & a Lot of Languedoc: Lazy France: How to be Very Very Lazy in Marseillan and a Lot of Languedoc - Softcover

"Guidebook of the year. Quality writing and individual voice. You can almost smell and taste the meals." --British Guild of Travel Writers, November 6 2011

"Lazy Laurence on top of the world" --Canada Post, November 2011

"Tales of travels, and stories of places to inspire. Discover a region and its most charming villages." --Midi Libre (France), November 16 2011

"Languedoc put well and truly on the world map. Laid-back life here is mostly about eating and relaxing." --Blablablah Magazine (France) December 2012

Warm and witty. More than a manual for travellers; a gentle launch pad for excursions to the region. --Languedoc & Provence Sun, January/February 2012

Vista-hardened travel writers surrender to the charms of Marseillan the minute they hit the port. "The Sunday Times" described it as "like St Tropez before Bardot", "The Guardian" went further, enchanted by "wrought-iron balconies splattered with flowers", and hailing the "undeniable frisson" and "early Riviera vibe". Even France's own Le Figaro simply declared Marseillan as "The new art of living".

After centuries selling wine to the world, the principal export of Marseillan is love at first sight.

The story of the oldest village in France is one of buccaneers and true independent spirits, of a fisherman risking all to save a damsel in distress, of adventurers and farmers, of men of the soil and revolutionaries, of poets and feminists and the secret of James Bond's favourite tipple. But this book uses Marseillan as the starting point of a personal tour of an enchanting region.