Author: ELBLING, PETER
Title: The Food Taster
Description: London, Atlantic Books. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 1843543699). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition, First Printing. A Fine copy with Fine pictorial dustjacket. A story of a starving peasant and his daughter who are snatched from their farm by a despotic Duke to act as his food taster, a job made even more hazardous by the Duke's many enemies including his cook. His daughter's beauty also brings more perils as he needs to protect her from her admirers. An excellent fairy tale story set in the kitchens of a sixteenth century Italian palace. B2E. Fine/Fine.

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