An appetite for violets: a novel
More Details
ISBN:
9781250056917
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
| Grouped Work ID | 83c1dfe7-76b2-c567-e25a-0cf3bdd971ec |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | appetite for violets |
| Grouping Author | martine bailey |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2024-03-16 03:09:37AM |
| Last Indexed | 2024-05-03 03:14:55AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Bailey, Martine
author_display
Bailey, Martine
available_at_catalog
North Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional
collection_catalog
Adult Fiction
detailed_location_catalog
North Regional - Adult Fiction
Oberlin Regional - Adult Fiction
Southeast Regional - Adult Fiction
Oberlin Regional - Adult Fiction
Southeast Regional - Adult Fiction
display_description
"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. Biddy grows intrigued by her fellow travelers, but her secretive and unconventional mistress is the most intriguing of all. In London Biddy finds herself attracted to her mistress's younger brother. In France she discovers her mistress's dark secret. At last in Italy, Biddy becomes embroiled in a murderous conspiracy, knowing the secrets she holds could be a key to a better life, or her downfall. Inspired by eighteenth-century household books of recipes and set at the time of the invention of the first restaurants, An Appetite for Violets is a literary feast for lovers of historical fiction. Like Jo Baker's Longbourn, it opens a window into the fascinating lives of servants, while also delivering a suspenseful tale of obsession and betrayal"--
format_catalog
Book
format_category_catalog
Books
id
83c1dfe7-76b2-c567-e25a-0cf3bdd971ec
isbn
9781250056917
last_indexed
2024-05-03T07:14:55.599Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Fiction
literary_form_full
Fiction
local_callnumber_catalog
BAILEY
owning_library_catalog
Wake County Public Libraries
owning_location_catalog
North Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional
primary_isbn
9781250056917
publishDate
2015
publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Household employees -- England -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- Fiction
Suspense fiction
Upper class -- England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Household employees -- England -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- Fiction
Suspense fiction
Upper class -- England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction
title_display
An appetite for violets : a novel
title_full
An appetite for violets : a novel / Martine Bailey
title_short
An appetite for violets
title_sub
a novel
topic_facet
Household employees
Social conditions
Social life and customs
Upper class
Social conditions
Social life and customs
Upper class
Solr Details Tables
item_details
| Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ils:695808 | 5492672 | Oberlin Regional - Adult Fiction | BAILEY | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | OBR | |||||
| ils:695808 | 6226040 | North Regional - Adult Fiction | BAILEY | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | NOR | |||||
| ils:695808 | 5492680 | Southeast Regional - Adult Fiction | BAILEY | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | SER | |||||
| ils:695808 | 5492678 | North Regional - Adult Fiction | BAILEY | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | NOR | |||||
| ils:695808 | 5492665 | Southeast Regional - Adult Fiction | BAILEY | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | SER |
record_details
| Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ils:695808 | Book | Books | First U.S. edition | English | Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press | 2015 | 391 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
scoping_details_catalog
| Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ils:695808 | 5492672 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | true | |||
| ils:695808 | 6226040 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | true | |||
| ils:695808 | 5492680 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | true | |||
| ils:695808 | 5492678 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | true | |||
| ils:695808 | 5492665 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | true |
