The Houses That Remember

Eight documented historical stories follow the French Riviera from Menton towards Nice, exploring the people whose lives gave remarkable houses their character: writers, artists, collectors, architects and dreamers.

The book visits Katherine Mansfield’s Isola Bella, Maybud Sherwood Campbell’s Val Rahmeh, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez’s Fontana Rosa, Eileen Gray’s E-1027, Ferdinand Bac’s Les Colombières, Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild’s villa, Théodore Reinach’s Villa Kérylos and Henri Matisse’s Hôtel Régina.

Historical nonfiction with black-and-white illustrations, available in Kindle and paperback editions. It tells the lives behind the buildings rather than serving as a conventional practical travel guide.

Part of AzurBooks, created in partnership with AzurMenton. Read the book announcement or discover the series’ fictional companion, A Week in Menton.