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Author Jean-Paul Malaval

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August 12-21, 2014

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The Wharf of Chartrons

[historical fiction]

 Release date: August 12, 2014
at Open Road Integrated Media / Publishers Square

468 pages

ISBN: 978-1-4804-6119-2

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SYNOPSIS

A family linked by wine and old rivalries sets out for new territory, during the turmoil of World War I.

David and Gaspard are cousins, bonded by family and their allegiance to their winemaking heritage. Parting with tradition and moving their vineyards near Bordeaux threatens to upset the family peace, but that’s only the beginning of their trouble. Short on funds, they are forced to team with a wealthy but morally corrupt engineer—though perhaps at a cost too high for the cousins…

Despite the odds, David and Gaspard succeed in making a successful wine, Clos-Marzacq. Along the way, they each fall in love, though not always in the best of circumstances. And now, to cement their successes, the cousins need to secure a stronghold on the Wharf of Chartrons, seen as the gateway to selling into England and America.

The Wharf of Chartrons exalts the passion of men who have a love of their land, and who are concerned about drawing the very best wine from it.  [provided by the publisher]

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jean-Paul MalavalJean-Paul Malaval was a journalist before turning to a career as a writer of local photography books and later fiction.
In 1982, he began what would become a long-term relationship with the publishing house Éditions Milan, in Toulouse.
To date, Jean-Paul Malaval has written ten works of historical fiction,
mainly based in the region where he grew up, the Corrèze, which is near the Dordogne.
Five of his ten novels have been published by Presses de la Cité.
He is loyal to his home region and has been mayor of the town of Vars-sur-Roseix in Corrèze since 1995.

Visit the wikipedia page on him [in French]

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

 Tuesday, August 12
Review + Giveaway at The Book Binder’s Daughter

Wednesday, August 13
Review at Jorie Loves A Story

Thursday, August 14
Review at The Avid Reader

Friday, August 15
Review at Lisa’s Yarns

Saturday, August 16
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Monday, August 18
Review + Giveaway at I Am, Indeed
Tuesday, August 19
Review + Giveaway at Deal Sharing Aunt

Thursday, August 21
Review + Giveaway at Chocolate & Croissants
Review + Giveaway at  Book Nerd

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You can enter the giveaway here
or on the book blogs participating in this tour.
Be sure to follow each participant on Twitter,
they are listed in the entry form below.

Visit each blogger on the tour:
tweeting about the giveaway everyday of the Tour
will give you 5 extra entries each time!
[just follow the directions on the entry-form]

 Entry-Form

It’s open internationally
We will have 2 winners:
An ARC for a US resident.
An ebook for a resident of any country