<p>'Phenomenal... Utterly absorbing' Sunday Times, 'Book of the Week'<br><br>'[A] fabulous romp of a book'***** Mail on Sunday<br><br><br>A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023'<br><br><br>In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Mediterranean coast. Today, much of that shore has become a concrete mass from which escape is an exclusive dream. In the intervening years, the stretch of se...