Beaux villages

French-inspired books you should read this month

Explore hidden corners of France this month and how they change you when you live in them in two of our book pics, plus a whimsical Paris tale

Art historian Julia Faiers unpicks the threads that weave together the Roman and medieval settlements of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges in the Pyrenees

Spain’s most read newspaper El País has compiled its own list of beaux villages