A Breath of French Air explained

A Breath of French Air
Author:	H. E. Bates
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	Comedy
Publisher:	Michael Joseph Little, Brown (US)
Release Date:	1959
Media Type:	Print
Preceded By:	The Darling Buds of May
Followed By:	When the Green Woods Laugh

A Breath of French Air is a 1959 comedy novel by the British writer H. E. Bates. It is the sequel to his popular 1958 novel The Darling Buds of May about a family living in the Kent countryside.^{[1] [2]} The Larkins decide to take their first ever foreign holiday and travel to France, taking their Rolls-Royce with them. However they at first find France disconcertingly unlikable, including the bad weather.^[3]

In 1991 it was adapted into two episodes of the ITV television series The Darling Buds of May featuring David Jason and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Bibliography

• Baldwin, Dean R. H.E. Bates: A Literary Life. Susquehanna University Press, 1987.
• Head, Dominic. Modernity and the English Rural Novel. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
• Hillier, Bevis. The Decorative Arts of the Forties and Fifties Austerity Binge. C. N. Potter, 1975.
• Jacob, Merle & Apple, Hope. To be Continued: An Annotated Guide to Sequels. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

Notes and References

1. Jacob & Apple p.15
2. Head p.144
3. Hillier p.146