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Title Feast of sorrow [sound recording audiobook download] : a novel of ancient Rome / Crystal King.
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Audio, 2017.
Description 1 sound file : digital
Edition Unabridged.


Performer Read by Simon Vance.
Summary Set amongst the scandal, wealth, and upstairs-downstairs politics of a Roman family, Crystal King's seminal debut features the man who inspired the world's oldest cookbook and the ambition that led to his destruction.On a blistering day in the twenty-sixth year of Augustus Caesar's reign, a young chef, Thrasius, is acquired for the exorbitant price of twenty thousand denarii. His purchaser is the infamous gourmet Marcus Gavius Apicius, wealthy beyond measure, obsessed with a taste for fine meals from exotic places, and a singular ambition: to serve as culinary adviser to Caesar, an honor that will cement his legacy as Rome's leading epicure.Apicius rightfully believes that Thrasius is the key to his culinary success, and with Thrasius's help he soon becomes known for his lavish parties and fantastic meals. Thrasius finds a family in Apicius's household, his daughter Apicata, his wife Aelia, and her handmaiden, Passia whom Thrasius quickly falls in love with. But as Apicius draws closer to his ultimate goal, his reckless disregard for any who might get in his way takes a dangerous turn that threatens his young family and places his entire household at the mercy of the most powerful forces in Rome.
System details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Format: OverDrive Listen.
Format: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook.
Requires OverDrive app 3.0 (Windows) / 1.0 (Mac) / 1.0 (Windows Mobile)
Other edition Original 9781504797511
Subject Cooks -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
Subject Rome -- History -- Fiction.
Genre Audiobooks.
Add'l Names Vance, Simon, narrator.
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN 9781504797559
STANDARD # 79901052-74A7-4EF4-8C3C-FA237C9B57AA OverDrive