Books set in France - five novels to read before starting

You are about to leave for the trip of a lifetime to one of the most popular countries in the world - France, have implemented "Bonjour" and "Mercis' and studying your maps to work as Paris, but there is one thing to do to make your trip can be very special. And this is life immersed in French by reading some books set in France

Reading novels set in Paris or in the French countryside will give you aInsight into the country, it is impossible to get out of the guide books. As a sign of a walk along the Seine or drinking coffee at a table on the sidewalk in Paris, will fill you with anticipation to do the same - what the experience so much sweeter when you finally do it yourself. If the novel, the past is fixed, you will have more appreciation for history, 's France, doing a lot of places and old buildings alive when they visit your trip. And ifNovel is set in the present, there is nothing more fun than trying to, bars and restaurants, roads that may be mentioned in the story.

What should you read books? Here is a selection of five novels, to do the work in France to a great life even before setting foot on that plane.

"Foreign language 'of Marsot Vanina

Nursing a broken heart, Anna moved to Paris from Los Angeles. It starts as a translator of a work crypticerotic novel, and, of course, there's something romantic. The book is a love letter to the city, with lots of roaming the streets, and descriptions of French life, food and coffee.

"The Thief of Coral" by Rebecca Stott

History, mystery, romance and intrigue intertwine in this novel in post-Napoleonic Paris. E '1815 and a young Englishman travels to Paris to take a position at the prestigious Jardin des Plantes. But if the collection of rarecoral specimens wearing a beautiful woman is stolen, it moves to a conspiracy involving the revolutionaries, spies and intelligence. Victorian Paris comes alive in this novel plants, but increases each visit today in the garden, 'main botanical garden France.

"Luncheon of the Boating Party" by Susan Vreeland

Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party" is enjoying a famous painting, a group of ParisLunch on the terrace of a restaurant on the Seine. In this novel, Vreeland tells the history of painting and how it came to be. This is a beautiful view of Paris at the time of the Impressionists, and you can still eat the same restaurant today.

Five quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris

Now move to Paris and the Loire Valley, with this novel Harris, who are in a village occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. The book movesbetween World War II and the present, which gave us an overview of long-term effects the Nazi occupation of France the man. And since this is a book by Joanne Harris, there are a lot of time spent eating, exploring French!

"The Matchmaker of Perigord" by Julia Stuart

We end with some fun and quirky, in an imaginary village in south-western France. Amour-sur-Belle, maybe not a real place to be, but there is a taste of some villages in declinein the French countryside. This is where the barber in the city to reinvent itself as a suitor, a lot of work when there are 33 residents in the game only. Full of wonderful characters and semi-ridiculous situations to leave this novel just chuckle and enjoy the French temperament.

So if you have booked tickets to the airport Charles de Gaulle or simply wish you had planned a vacation in France, books about the life you try to dive into a bit 'of French andCulture. And if you like ... well, there's much more to discover ... Bon Voyage!