John Saturnall’s Feast

Food and Drink

Author: Lawrence Norfolk

A beautiful, rich and sensuous historical novel, John Saturnall’s Feast tells the story of a young orphan who becomes a kitchen boy at a manor house, and rises through the ranks to become the greatest Cook of his generation. It is a story of food, star-crossed lovers, ancient myths and one boy’s rise from outcast to hero.,,Orphaned when his mother dies of starvation, having….Read More

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