John Saturnall's feast
By: Lawrence Norfolk
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780802121738
Subjects: Cooking; Fiction; Man-woman relationships; History
Description: Taken in at the kitchens at Buckland Manor after the cruel death of his mother, young John quickly rises from kitchen boy to cook before catching the attention of the daughter of the lord of the manor, who resolves to starve herself until her father calls off her unwanted engagement.
Notes: Originally published: London : Bloomsbury Pub., 2012.