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The Food Taster The Food Taster
by Peter Elbling
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bookshelves: 16th-century, 2008-read, english, historical-fiction, read-but-not-mine
status: Read in August, 2008

Ugo DiFonte wasn't born under a lucky star, when he was just a little boy his mother caught the plague and hanged herself right in front of him. His father never recovered from her death and seemed to blame Ugo for it, starting to brush him aside and preferring his brother in everything. When he was fourteen he decided to leave home and make a new life for himself, that's when he met Elisabetta, the love of his life, and her father and became a woodcutter. When life seemed to finally be smiling at him, his father in law died and after a very complicated labour, Elisabetta passed away leaving him all alone with their baby daughter, Miranda.

Eleven years have passed, Ugo becomes a peasant and Miranda grows up to be a beautiful young girl, but times are harsh and food is scarce when one day Duke Federico passes through their lands and decides to make Ugo his next food taster. At first it seemed like a good idea, after years of starvation being able to taste exquisite foods, but worryin...more
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message 1: by Cenoura do Lado
08/14/2008 02:13AM

971527 Duas estrelas? Ranhosa!

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message 2: by Ana O.
08/14/2008 02:47AM

635159 Temos pena! :-P

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message 3: by Cenoura do Lado
08/14/2008 02:59AM

971527 O mesmo digo eu do 13th...

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message 4: by Ana O.
08/14/2008 03:03AM

635159 Nem compares! :-P Sempre quero ver o que a Ana vai achar deste, a ver se tenho companhia.

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message 5: by Oriana
08/14/2008 03:57AM

150227 Mau, mau! E eu a pensar pedir este no Bookmooch...:)

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message 6: by Ana O.
08/14/2008 04:07AM

635159 A Ana tem-no emprestado da Cenoura, espera que ela o leia, pode ser que tenha uma opinião diferente da minha.

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message 7: by Oriana
08/14/2008 04:38AM

150227 Então espero pela Ana antes de me decidir.:)

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message 8: by Claudia
08/14/2008 07:52AM

636324 Coitada da Ana, que levou uma livraria inteira para casa ;)

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message 9: by Ana O.
08/14/2008 08:20AM

635159 Eu é que fui carregada para casa, oras! A Ana ainda teve sorte! :-P

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message 10: by Claudia
08/14/2008 08:27AM

636324 E eu levezinha, levezinha... :o)

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