The Discovery of Chocolate

by James Runcie | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0007107838 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingPlum-crazywing of Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 6/9/2018
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Journal Entry 1 by wingPlum-crazywing from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, June 9, 2018
A wonderfully inventive and entertaining journey through time and the history of chocolate!

"The Discovery of Chocolate" is a fabulous tale, as rich and exotic as the gorgeous creation that Diego de Godoy first discovers when he arrives in Mexico with Cortes and his conquistadors.

Diego is seeking his fortune in the New World. What he finds is love, and chocolate, and an elixir of life. Separated from his lover, he must wander the world, and the centuries, in search of the fulfilment that he first knew in Mexico.

In a series of dramatic episodes that are evocative, witty and thought-provoking, from revolutionary Paris to Freud’s Vienna, Fry’s Bristol and Hershey’s Pittsburgh, Diego and his ever-faithful greyhound, Pedro, seek the perfection of chocolate and the meaning of life.


I enjoyed this book, it's both sad & humorous.....& would make a great film! Pedro seems doomed to roam the world looking for his true love while somehow managing to become involved in creating some of the worlds most famous chocolate recipes. A delightful story with a poignant but fitting ending.

Journal Entry 2 by wingPlum-crazywing at OBCZ, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, November 8, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (11/8/2018 UTC) at OBCZ, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

On its way to spacehamster to help stock the Havant Arts Centre OBCZ - or wherever else she feels like releasing it :o)

Released as part of the 2018 NOVEMBER "THE" Challenge (#11)


Journal Entry 3 by spacehamster at Portsmouth, Hampshire United Kingdom on Saturday, November 10, 2018
Sent to me by Plum-crazy in a controlled release for the Havant Arts Centre OBCZ, which will be released there when I get up there in due course.

Released 5 yrs ago (12/24/2018 UTC) at The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre in Havant, Hampshire United Kingdom

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Released at the Arts Centre (on the shelves in the corner as you go through to the toilets).

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