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The Last Banquet

Grimwood, Jon Courtenay. Book - 2013 Fiction 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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Follows an adventurous man, once a penniless orphan, through French society during the Enlightenment as he searches for the perfect taste, befriends Benjamin Franklin, becomes pen pals with the Marquis de Sade and Voltaire, and improves contraceptive methods.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Europa Editions, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 328 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1609451384
9781609451387

SUBJECTS
Orphans -- France -- History -- Fiction.
Gourmets -- France -- History -- Fiction.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.