A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF UNDER MAGNOLIA A Year in the World is vintage Frances Mayes--a celebration of the allure of travel of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely locales of memory woven into the present and of a joyous sense of quest. With her beloved Tuscany as a home base Mayes travels to Spain Portugal France the British Isles and to the Mediterranean world of Turkey Greece the South of Italy and North Africa. Weaving together personal perceptions and informed commentary on art architecture history landscape and social and culinary traditions Mayes brings the immediacy of life in her temporary homes to readers. An illuminating and passionate book that will be savored by all who loved Under the Tuscan Sun A Year in the World is travel writing at its peak.