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Cargando... Feast of Sorrow: A Novel of Ancient Rome (edición 2017)por Crystal King (Autor)
Información de la obraFeast of Sorrow: A Novel of Ancient Rome por Crystal King
   Books Read in 2019 (1,866) Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  kitchengardenbooks | May 13, 2024 |    ) RavinScarface | Dec 13, 2020 | ) sulla2 | Oct 13, 2019 |  ) Ilzezita | Feb 6, 2019 | I suspect this picture of how the slave-master relationship actually worked (for some slaves) is probably closer to the reality than in most novels set in this period. However, Sejanus, the villain of the piece, is rather too dastardly. I'm sure if he'd had a moustache he'd have twirled it. In other respects as well, I get the impression the author hasn't really done her homework. It's a bit of a conundrum. What do you do with an author whose got the relationships and atmosphere right but slips up on the history? (  ) Robertgreaves | Oct 17, 2018 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"Set amongst the scandal, wealth, and upstairs-downstairs politics of a Roman family, Crystal King's seminal debut features the man who inspired the world's oldest cookbook and the ambition that led to his destruction. On a blistering day in the twenty-sixth year of Augustus Caesar's reign, a young chef, Thrasius, is acquired for the exorbitant price of twenty thousand denarii. His purchaser is the infamous gourmet Marcus Gavius Apicius, wealthy beyond measure, obsessed with a taste for fine meals from exotic places, and a singular ambition: to serve as culinary advisor to Caesar, an honor that will cement his legacy as Rome's leading epicure. Apicius rightfully believes that Thrasius is the key to his culinary success, and with Thrasius's help he soon becomes known for his lavish parties and fantastic meals. Thrasius finds a family in Apicius's household, his daughter Apicata, his wife Aelia, and her handmaiden, Passia, whom Thrasius quickly falls in love with. But as Apicius draws closer to his ultimate goal, his reckless disregard for any who might get in his way takes a dangerous turn that threatens his young family and places his entire household at the mercy of the most powerful forces in Rome"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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On a blistering day in the twenty-sixth year of Augustus Caesar’s reign, a young chef, Thrasius, is acquired for the exorbitant price of twenty thousand denarii. His purchaser is the infamous gourmet Marcus Gavius Apicius, wealthy beyond measure, obsessed with a taste for fine meals from exotic places, and a singular ambition: to serve as culinary advisor to Caesar, an honor that will cement his legacy as Rome's leading epicure.
Apicius rightfully believes that Thrasius is the key to his culinary success, and with Thrasius’s help he soon becomes known for his lavish parties and fantastic meals. Thrasius finds a family in Apicius’s household, his daughter Apicata, his wife Aelia, and her handmaiden, Passia whom Thrasius quickly falls in love with. But as Apicius draws closer to his ultimate goal, his reckless disregard for any who might get in his way takes a dangerous turn that threatens his young family and places his entire household at the mercy of the most powerful forces in Rome.