MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE: Anna Tait-Jamieson gets in on a party-perfect lifestyle in the south of France

摘要

In days gone by, the pinnacle of bourgeois aspiration in small-town France was ownership of a large, two-storeyed detached residence with an imposing facade - a maison de maitre or master's house. Those homes still command a premium and the term maison de maitre remains in regular use. So who knows what the locals of St Maximin thought when Amanda Taylor-Ace swept into town, parked her convertible outside the big house on the corner and screwed a discreet brass plaque to her new front door inscribed"maison de maitresse".