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In Hot Water , J. Wellington Gedge is the man who has everything-but finds himself caught in a series of international events which will, if he doesn't put a stop to them, leave him wearing the sissy uniform of the American ambassador to Paris.

At the house party at Chateau Blissac, Brittany features a rather odd array of guests this year.

Mr. J. Wellington Gedge is hoping for some peace and quiet while his wife takes herself off for a while. She, however, has invited numerous visitors to the chateau, to whom... Read Full Overview

Mr J. Wellington Gedge is hoping for some peace and quiet while his wife takes herself off for a while. She, however, has invited numerous visitors to the chateau, to whom he shall have to play reluctant host.

At the house party at Chateau Blissac, Brittany features a rather odd array of guests this year.

Mr. J. Wellington Gedge is hoping for some peace and quiet while his wife takes herself off for a while. She, however, has invited numerous visitors to the chateau, to whom... Read Full Overview

The heady atmosphere of France in the 1930s provides the backdrop for another gentle dose of Wodehouse comedy. In a plot which involves safe-blowers, con men, jewel thieves and even a Bloomsbury novelist, few are quite what they seem.

A P.G. Wodehouse novel

Ch teau Blissac, on its hill above St Roque, is in a setting where every prospect pleases. But it doesn't please its current occupier, J. Wellington Gedge. Mr Gedge wants none of it - and particularly none of the domineering Mrs Gedge's... Read Full Overview