The last banquet
Grimwood, Jon Courtenay2014
Book
Jean-Marie d'Aumout is many things. Orphan, soldier, diplomat, spy, lover. And chef. This is his story. We meet Jean-Marie d'Aumout as a penniless orphan eating beetles by the side of a road. His fate is changed after an unlikely encounter finds him patronage and he is sent to military academy. Despite his frugal roots, and thanks to wit and courage in great measure, he grows up to become a diplomat and spy.
Main title:
The last banquet / Jonathan Grimwood.
Author:
Grimwood, Jon Courtenay, author
Work:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2014.Edinburgh : Canongate, 2014.
Collation:
357 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2013.
ISBN:
9780857868817 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92HIS
Language:
English
BRN:
1571704