The Discovery of Chocolate: A Novel
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Purchased from closing down sale at Albion
From the back cover:
When Diego de Godoy leaves his native Seville and takes ship for the New World, he is hoping to find a treasure that will make him worthy of the hand in marriage of the beautiful Isabella de Quintallina.
He finds more than he bargained for.
Fighting alongside Cortes and his conquistadors, Diego falls in love with a Mexican woman and she initiates him into the sensuous secret of chocolate.
From the moment he is separated from his lover, however, Diego and his ever faithful grehound Pedro are destined to wander throughout the world and down the centuries in search of the fulfilment they knew for that brief time, seeking the perfection of chocolate and the meaning of life.
Full of excitment, humour and not a little sadness, the drama of Diego's quest is played out against the background of many great cities, by a cast of richly colourful characters, including the Marquis de Sade and Sigmund Freud, to name but two.
From the back cover:
When Diego de Godoy leaves his native Seville and takes ship for the New World, he is hoping to find a treasure that will make him worthy of the hand in marriage of the beautiful Isabella de Quintallina.
He finds more than he bargained for.
Fighting alongside Cortes and his conquistadors, Diego falls in love with a Mexican woman and she initiates him into the sensuous secret of chocolate.
From the moment he is separated from his lover, however, Diego and his ever faithful grehound Pedro are destined to wander throughout the world and down the centuries in search of the fulfilment they knew for that brief time, seeking the perfection of chocolate and the meaning of life.
Full of excitment, humour and not a little sadness, the drama of Diego's quest is played out against the background of many great cities, by a cast of richly colourful characters, including the Marquis de Sade and Sigmund Freud, to name but two.
A very unusual book. Diego De Godoy is the notary to Emperor Charles V, as they set off to "conquer" Mexico, his quest is to find a gift unlike any other that no other will find a gift as fine to prove his love.
Once released from the confines of the palace he finds that he has a mind of his own and an opinion other than the own that his spoilt little princess demands of him. Whilst in Mexico he meets and falls in love with Ignacia. A love that is to span time and culture.
Once released from the confines of the palace he finds that he has a mind of his own and an opinion other than the own that his spoilt little princess demands of him. Whilst in Mexico he meets and falls in love with Ignacia. A love that is to span time and culture.
Journal Entry 3 by MadamMuck at BC Brisbane Convention in Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Friday, July 4, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (7/4/2008 UTC) at BC Brisbane Convention in Brisbane, Queensland Australia
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To be released at the BC Brisbane Convention 2008
To be released at the BC Brisbane Convention 2008
Picked this book up at the Convention. The cover caught my eye (it is such a beautiful looking book), I am looking forward to reading this, thank you!
