To Prussia With Love by Roger Boyes
‘We-have-a-house-in-the-country?’ Lena nodded solemnly. ‘Where?’ I almost shouted, briefly rattling the table. ‘No, wait, don’t tell me – it’s Todi in Umbria, right? The old manor house, the one with the lemon groves!’ ‘Alt-Globnitz.’ ‘Alt-Globnitz?’ Suddenly I felt cold. ‘Alt-Globnitz. It’s a really nice place. You will love it.’ In a desperate attempt to save his relationship with girlfriend Lena and take a break from the world of journalism, Germany correspondent Roger Boyes agrees to make a great escape from the easy urban lifestyle of Berlin and decamp to the countryside. Roger has hopes for southern Italy, but Lena has inherited a run-down old schloss in deepest, darkest Brandenburg. Needing a form of income, they decide to set up a B & B with a British theme. Enter unhelpful Harry and his Trinidadian chef cousin, a mad Scot to advise them on re-branding Brandenburg, some suicidal frogs and a posse of mad tourists. It all culminates, naturally, in a cricket match between the Brits and the Germans on an old Russian minefield. Farce meets romance in this follow-up to the successful A Year in the Scheisse.
'Put two Brits in a house in the country in rural Germany and let the fun and games begin!! A wonderful and hilarious tale of Roger and Lena trying to run a B&B in BrandenburgWill bureaucracy defeat our intrepid pair? Can the German bratwurst defeat the English breakfast? Read on! You won't be disappointed!!' -- Julie Knowles Waterstones' Bookseller 'Humorous but strange happenings... The book builds to a hilarious conclusion.' The Journal on-line (journal of the Chartered Institute of Journalists) 'Put two Brits in a house in the country in rural Germany and let the fun and games begin!! A wonderful and hilarious tale of Roger and Lena trying to run a B&B in Brandenburg. Will bureaucracy defeat our intrepid pair? Can the German bratwurst defeat the English breakfast? Read on! You won't be disappointed!!' -- Julie Knowles Waterstones' Bookseller '... entertaining, fish-out-of-water memoir... humorous episodes... offbeat characters... Fans of true-life Adventures with a decidedly comic bent should enjoy this one very much.' Booklist, on-line edition (USA)
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781849531252 |
| ISBN 10 | 1849531250 |
| Title | To Prussia With Love |
| Author | Roger Boyes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2011-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |