Martine Bailey
Kindle Edition | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 3.72 | 1206 Users | 280 Reviews
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| Title | : | An Appetite for Violets |
| Author | : | Martine Bailey |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
| Published | : | January 13th 2015 by Thomas Dunne Books (first published December 2nd 2013) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Fiction. Romance. Cultural. Italy. European Literature. British Literature |
Narration Concering Books An Appetite for Violets
That’s how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you’re invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. A writing desk lies open and you cannot help but read a paper. Then you find something, something you should not have found.Irrepressible Biddy Leigh, under-cook at the forbidding Mawton Hall, can’t wait to settle down with her sweetheart and set up her own tavern. But when her elderly master marries the young, enigmatic Lady Carinna, Biddy is unwittingly swept up into a world of scheming, secrets, and lies.
Forced to accompany her new mistress to Italy, Biddy takes with her an old household book of recipes, The Cook’s Jewel, in which she records her observations. When she finds herself embroiled in a murderous conspiracy, Biddy realises that the secrets she holds could be the key to her survival – or her downfall . . .
AN APPETITE FOR VIOLETS is an utterly compelling story of food, obsession and mystery, introducing a brilliant new voice in historical fiction.
Define Books As An Appetite for Violets
| Original Title: | An Appetite for Violets ASIN B00L73JQ68 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Biddy Leigh, Lady Carinna, Loveday, Renzo Cellini |
| Setting: | England France Italy …more Europe,1772 …less |
Rating Based On Books An Appetite for Violets
Ratings: 3.72 From 1206 Users | 280 ReviewsCriticize Based On Books An Appetite for Violets
First off, the cover: absolute perfection!This book was a lot of fun. The recipes are just so fascinating by themselves and then you add a wonderful character like Obedience Leigh. I liked her so much and her good heart was just refreshing. I'm really enjoying these foodie books with mystery and a spark of a good fire. If you love food and darn near worship it and would never imagine a day without your menu planned out in your entire life, this book is for you.I guess I'll have to try BURNED TEAAh, a delicious and delectable tale of Biddy Leigh, an under cook with a heart of gold at crumbling Mawton Hall.Descriptive, engrossing with a cast of characters that add to the enjoyment of this fantastic read. Can't wait for her next book, Penny Heart.
Biddy Leigh has been chosen to accompany her new mistress from England to Italy, few others from the household have been chosen, the rest have been given their leave. Biddy has been the under-cook in Sir Geoffrey's household, learning her skills under, Mrs. Garland, the cook. None among the staff quite understand how Sir Geoffrey came to marry the new "Lady Carinna" or why he has removed himself from England to his estate in Ireland, though it does seem odd.Mrs. Garland gives Biddy 'The Cook's
Martine Baileys first novel is a tour de force set in eighteenth-century Europe. Its heroine is plain-talking Biddy, an under-cook at an English mansion. We are brought into her world through a cookery journal named The Cooks Jewel, full of recipes jotted down through the years by a succession of women. When a new mistress arrives at the house, Biddy is soon drawn into intrigue and the heart of a mystery, the roots of which are not fully revealed until the very end of the book. There are many
The opening scene grabbed my attention right away and there is no way I wouldnt immerse in the story just to find out what happened. Like an ambitious recipe, the novel has many different ingredients: adventure, mystery, romance and gothic suspense. It is a geographical and gastronomical journey from Cheshire, England to Florence, Italy with a memorable and lively narrator Biddy Leigh. She is an under-cook at the Mawton Hall, whose dreams of settling down with her sweetheart had to be postponed
Undercook Biddy Leigh only wants to marry her handsome sweetheart and open a tavern. But when the master of Mawton Hall takes a much younger wife, Biddy is forced to accompany her capricious new mistress to Italy. With only her native intelligence to help her, and The Cooks Jewel, a scrapbook of recipes and remedies in which she records her own observations, Biddy finds herself caught up in an increasingly dark and secretive world, where nothing is as it seems. Biddy is one of my all-time
First off, the cover: absolute perfection!This book was a lot of fun. The recipes are just so fascinating by themselves and then you add a wonderful character like Obedience Leigh. I liked her so much and her good heart was just refreshing. I'm really enjoying these foodie books with mystery and a spark of a good fire. If you love food and darn near worship it and would never imagine a day without your menu planned out in your entire life, this book is for you.I guess I'll have to try BURNED TEA
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