Le Sang de l'Hermine [French]

By Michèle Barrière and Barriere

THE BLOOD OF THE ERMINE

The first volume of a new culinary crime saga, set at the court of Fran ois Ier, including authentic period recipes

Nothing is extravagant enough for the realm of France Elbowed out of Rome by Rapha l, outshined by Michelangelo in Florence, Leonardo Da Vinci accepted Fran ois Ier's invitation and traveled to the court of France. Aware that the elderly painter was renowned for not showing up where his benefactors expected him, Fran ois Ier was not taking any chances and assigned a young escort to accompany Da Vinci on his journey. Quentin du Mesnil, a childhood friend of the king who was appointed Maitre d'h tel at the castle of Amboise, was given this apparently innocent mission. But the young man, whose sole goal is to revolutionize the medieval table manners of his contemporaries to better please his king, will soon realize that the old painter might be much more trouble than he bargained for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 2709634406
• ISBN13: 9782709634403
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Editions J.C. Lattes
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"