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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v40.i31.records.utf8:14594783:2785
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001 2012359556
003 DLC
005 20120725090718.0
008 120202s2011 enkabf b 001 0deng d
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015 $aGBB168986$2bnb
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016 7 $a015821444$2Uk
020 $a9781848325784 (hbk.)
020 $a1848325789 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn751749866
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100 1 $aUffindell, Andrew.
245 10 $aNapoleon's chicken marengo :$bcreating the myth of the Emperor's favourite dish /$cAndrew Uffindell.
260 $aLondon :$bFrontline Books,$cc2011.
300 $ax, 276 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-268) and index.
505 0 $aThe myth -- The campaign -- Marengo-mania -- Creating a legend -- Disputing a legend -- Commemorating a legend -- "It smells of revolution" -- Pinnacle of fame -- Napoleon and his meals -- The belly of an Emperor -- Saint Helena -- Rebranding a legend -- Washing up -- The recipe.
520 $aTells the story of Chicken Marengo, and cuts through the tangle of myths that has sprung up around it. Supposedly created on the evening of Napoleon's victory at Marengo, the dish rapidly conquered Paris, and became a renowned symbol of French haute cuisine. The author sets the dish in its context explaining the nail-biting drama of Napoleon's Marengo campaign and the remarkable frenzy of rejoicing unleashed in Paris by the news of his victory. The author argues that the dish is part of a wider myth that Napoleon spun around the battle itself. Uncomfortably aware of just how close he had come to disaster, he rewrote the official account of Marengo. Determined to exploit the political impact of the victory to the full, he portrayed it as a masterly maneuver, rather than a near-defeat salvaged largely by luck. Uffindel sheds startling light on Napoleon's extraordinary and yet elusive character, and reveals just how effectively he spun a myth around the amount of food he ate in order to project a positive image of himself.
600 00 $aNapoleon$bI,$cEmperor of the French,$d1769-1821.
650 0 $aCooking (Chicken)
650 0 $aMarengo, Battle of, Marengo, Italy, 1800.
650 0 $aGastronomy$zEurope$xHistory$y19th century.
650 07 $aGericht.$2swd
651 7 $aItalien.$2swd
651 7 $aMarengo$xSchlacht.$2swd
648 7 $aGeschichte.$2swd
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