num_pages: 368
description: Jean-Marie Charles dAumout is many things. Orphan soldier diplomat spy lover. And chef.This is his story.We meet Jean-Marie dAumout 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 it and courage in great measure he grows up to become a diplomat and spy.Rising through the ranks of eighteenth-century French society he feasts with lords ladies and eventually kings at the Palace of Versailles itself.Passionate love political intrigue and international adventure abound in Jean-Maries life but his drive stems from a single obsession: the pursuit of the perfect taste. Three-Snake Bouillabaisse Pickled Wolfs Heart and Flamingo Tongue are just some of the delicacies he devours on his journey toward the ultimate feast.But beyond the palace walls revolution is in the air and the country is clamouring with hunger of a different kind.
language: English
title: The Last Banquet
publisher: Canongate Books