An appetite for violets : a novel / Martine Bailey.
"'That's how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you're invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. Then you find something, something you should not have found.' Irrepressible Biddy Leigh, under-cook at the foreboding Mawton Hall, only wants to marry her childhood sweetheart and set up her own tavern. But when her elderly master marries the young Lady Carinna, Biddy is unwittingly swept up in a world of scheming, secrets, and lies. Forced to accompany her new mistress to Italy, she documents her adventures and culinary discoveries in an old household book of recipes, The Cook's Jewel"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 1250056918
- ISBN: 9781250056917
- Physical Description: 391 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-390).
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- Household employees > England > Social conditions > 18th century > Fiction.
Upper class > England > Social life and customs > 18th century > Fiction.
England > Social life and customs > 18th century > Fiction.
Italy > Social life and customs > 18th century > Fiction. - Genre:
- Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Available copies
- 18 of 19 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 19 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC BAILEY (Text) | 36015000218947 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | FIC BAILEY (Text) | 36015001282470 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F BAILEY (Text) | 39493107852297 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F BAI (Text) | 0020510422601 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dorothy Wightman Library | AFIC BAI (Text) | 30372101466545 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F BAI (Text) | 0020510422635 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | F Bai (Text) | 30308101076066 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | F BAI SUS (Text) | 900000000305558 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | F Bailey (Text) | 33115007520817 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | BAI (Text) | 33258007766962 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
"'That's how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you're invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. Then you find something, something you should not have found.' Irrepressible Biddy Leigh, under-cook at the foreboding Mawton Hall, only wants to marry her childhood sweetheart and set up her own tavern. But when her elderly master marries the young Lady Carinna, Biddy is unwittingly swept up in a world of scheming, secrets, and lies. Forced to accompany her new mistress to Italy, she documents her adventures and culinary discoveries in an old household book of recipes, The Cook's Jewel"-- Provided by publisher.
