{"product_id":"9781399608817-year-at-the-chateau","title":"A Year at the Chateau","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs seen on the hit Channel 4 show. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE ENTERTAINING AND HEARTWARMING \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe charming, inspiring and remarkable full story of Dick and Angel Strawbridge's first year at the Ch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eâ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eteau-de-la-Motte Husson.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE ENTERTAINING AND HEARTWARMING \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike many couples, Dick and Angel had long dreamed of living in France, but where others might settle for a modest bolthole in the French countryside, the Strawbridges fell in love with a 19th-century fairytale château, complete with 45 rooms, seven outbuildings, 12 acres of land and its own moat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrowing caution to the wind, Dick and Angel swapped their two-bedroom flat in East London for an abandoned and derelict castle in the heart of the Loire valley and embarked on the adventure of a lifetime with their two young children Arthur and Dorothy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSharing their full journey for the first time, \u003ci\u003eA Year at the Château \u003c\/i\u003efollows Dick and Angel from when they first moved to France in the depths of winter and found bedrooms infested with flies, turrets inhabited by bats, the wind rattling through cracked windows, and just one working toilet, which flushed into the moat, through to the monumental efforts that went into readying the château for their unforgettable wedding and their incredibly special first Christmas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way we'll read glorious descriptions of rural life in France, with charming characters, delicious food and wonderful seasonal produce, together with the extraordinary list of renovations and restorations Dick and Angel completed, many of which were never shown on TV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs warm and entertaining as their much-loved show, \u003ci\u003eA Year at the Château \u003c\/i\u003eis a truly irresistible story of adventure and heart, epic ambitions and a huge amount of hard graft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40827859075169,"sku":"9781399608817","price":25.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_12026027_jpg.jpg?v=1706678545","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399608817-year-at-the-chateau","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}