Title : The Last Banquet - Jonathan Grimwood - book

Summary :

A filthy child eats beetles next to a pile of manure. He is five years old and his parents are dead. His name is Jean-Charles d'Aumout, a penniless nobleman who will experience an exceptional destiny. In 18th-century France, the orphan who became a cadet at the Military Academy will, thanks to a marriage, climb the social ladder. Soldier, diplomat, spy, lover: Aumout is all of these at once. His life is filled with passion and intrigue, but that is not enough for him. He has only one obsession: the culinary art, which he takes to its paroxysm. While society is dying under the blows of the Revolution, like an alchemist ready for any experiment, Aumout seeks the perfect, absolute taste. But in cooking, no more than in politics, perfection is not of this world... "This historical novel is a masterpiece."

• EAN: 9782824605043
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