The Greedy Queen

Informationen zum Autor 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 appears on BBC Radio 4's The Kitchen Cabinet. She lives in East Anglia. Klappentext This well-researched debut from the presenter of BBC2's "Victorian Bakers" looks at Queen Victoria's appetite for life through the lens of her apparently formidable appetite for food, telling the story of the development of British culinary culture along the way. Zusammenfassung Full of original research, Annie Gray's first book considers Britain's most iconic monarch from a new perspective, telling the history of British dining culture along the way.

Préface
Full of original research, Annie Gray's first book considers Britain's most iconic monarch from a new perspective, telling the history of British dining culture along the way.

Auteur
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 appears on BBC Radio 4's The Kitchen Cabinet. She lives in East Anglia.

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This well-researched debut from the presenter of BBC2's "Victorian Bakers" looks at Queen Victoria's appetite for life through the lens of her apparently formidable appetite for food, telling the story of the development of British culinary culture along the way.