Jeremy Irons, the International Herald Tribune and Me.

What does the actor Jeremy Irons have to do with the International Herald Tribune?

Jeremy Irons is an well-known stage and screen actor, perhaps best known internationally for his roles in The French Lieutenant's Woman , "Brideshead Revisited", Betrayal , Die Hard: With a Vengeance , Stealing Beauty ,Lolita ,The Time Machine , The Merchant of Venice , Kingdom of Heaven , Casanova and Eragon

He is an enormous IHT fan and last May he kindly spoke at the IHT's May '68 exhibition at the National Theatre in London.

So that is my excuse for this post, but my intention is to 'share something' else with you.

He wrote to me last week about my book that tells the story of my family's time downsizing from Paris, and chucking in my career as the worldwide marketing director of the International Herald Tribune, to go and live in a small cottage on a struggling farm in the English Cotswolds.

I'll have to ask you to forgive me for blowing my own trumpet - or rather letting Mr. Irons do so - but as he has also kindly given me permission to quote him, I thought I'd make a post about him, the IHT and my book all in one go.

This is what he wrote about A Place in My Country.

"I read A Place in My Country with absolute unalloyed delight. A glorious book."

N.B Anyone who says bloggers are narcissistic and self-serving are clearly wrong.





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