A Year at the Chateau by Dick and Angel Strawbridge is the perfect companion to the long-running British television series, Escape to the Chateau and its spinoffs. Told in Dick and Angel’s alternating points of view, we learn how the Strawbridges moved with their two children from London to France, found the crumbling 19th century Chateau de La Motte Husson, took on the monumental task of bringing it into the 21st century without losing any of its charm, and then transformed it into a special events venue. Between Dick’s engineering and cooking expertise and Angel’s hospitality and creativity expertise, there is little these two can’t do with a little help from their friends. A delightful book.