Set against the backdrop of the Enlightenment, the delectable decadence of Versailles, and the French Revolution, The Last Banquet is an intimate epic that tells the story of one man's quest to know the world through its many and marvelous flavors. Jean-Marie d'Aumout will try anything once, with consequences that are at times mouthwatering and at others fascinatingly macabre (Three Snake . · From the outset, Jean-Marie d'Aumout, the protagonist of Jonathan Grimwood's fantastical history The Last Banquet, is many things, but most notably – and usefully – Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Set against the backdrop of the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the delectable decadence of Versailles, The Last Banquet is as gripping as Patrick Suskind’s Perfume and as voluptuous as John Lanchester’s The Debt to Pleasure. Jonathan Grimwood has given readers a sumptuous and hugely appealing novel about food and flavor, about the Age of Reason, about revolution, hunger, and .
The Last Banquet Kindle Edition. by Jonathan Grimwood (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. out of 5 stars. 75 ratings. See all formats and editions. Hide other formats and editions. Amazon Price. New from. Used from. The Last Banquet ebook By Jonathan Grimwood. Read a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts. Save Not today. Format. ebook. Author. Jonathan Grimwood. THE LAST BANQUET. by Jonathan Grimwood. BUY NOW FROM Grimwood's sensuous, intelligent, occasionally drifting account of the marquis's progress is constantly informed by French politics, notably the immense gulf between the nobility and the peasants whom d'Aumout at least treats with fairness. Scenes at Versailles underline the.
The Last Banquet [Grimwood, Jonathan] on bltadwin.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Last Banquet. Set against the backdrop of the Enlightenment, the delectable decadence of Versailles, and the French Revolution, The Last Banquet is the epic tale of one man’s quest to know the world through its many and marvelous flavors. Jean-Marie d’Aumout will try anything once, with consequences that are at times mouthwatering and at others fascinatingly macabre (Three Snake Bouillabaisse anyone?. Who would expect a novel about food and 18th century matters of state to be a page turner? But The Last Banquet is—and it is a tasty repast. It is bawdy, too. The hero, a picaresque orphan whom we first meet eating stag beetles out of a dung heap, is rescued by a nobleman thus setting off this rags-to-riches story.
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