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The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria
Annie Gray
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Description for The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria
hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. . Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
From Dr Annie Gray, presenter of BBC2's Victorian Bakers and The Confectioners, coming summer 2017 What does it mean to eat like a queen? Elizabeth gorged on sugar, Mary on chocolate and Anne was known as 'Brandy Nan'. Victoria ate all of this and more. The Greedy Queen celebrates Victoria's appetite, both for food and, indeed, for life. Born in May 1819, Victoria came 'as plump as a partridge'. In her early years she lived on milk and bread under the Kensington system; in her old age she suffered constant indigestion yet continued ... Read more
From Dr Annie Gray, presenter of BBC2's Victorian Bakers and The Confectioners, coming summer 2017 What does it mean to eat like a queen? Elizabeth gorged on sugar, Mary on chocolate and Anne was known as 'Brandy Nan'. Victoria ate all of this and more. The Greedy Queen celebrates Victoria's appetite, both for food and, indeed, for life. Born in May 1819, Victoria came 'as plump as a partridge'. In her early years she lived on milk and bread under the Kensington system; in her old age she suffered constant indigestion yet continued ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Profile Books London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781256824
SKU
KMO0000148
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Annie Gray
Annie Gray is an historian, cook, broadcaster and writer specialising in the history of food and dining in Britain from around 1600 to the present day, conducting her research both in libraries and in kitchens. She has worked at Audley End amongst other historical kitchens, and gives lectures all over the country. She presents history documentaries including Victorian Bakers, and ... Read more
Reviews for The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria
Had me at the first sentence
Nigel Slater Zingy, fresh, and unexpected: Annie Gray, the queen of food historians, finds her perfect subject. A book to devour
Lucy Worsley Annie Gray is a brilliant writer and scholar who brings a glorious combination of enthusiasm and greed to every subject she tackles. In the field of food history ... Read more
Nigel Slater Zingy, fresh, and unexpected: Annie Gray, the queen of food historians, finds her perfect subject. A book to devour
Lucy Worsley Annie Gray is a brilliant writer and scholar who brings a glorious combination of enthusiasm and greed to every subject she tackles. In the field of food history ... Read more