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Napoleon's chicken marengo : creating the myth of the Emperor's favourite dish
- Title
- Napoleon's chicken marengo : creating the myth of the Emperor's favourite dish / Andrew Uffindell.
- Author
- Uffindell, Andrew.
- Publication
- London : Frontline Books, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- x, 276 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Tells 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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-5081
- ISBN
- 9781848325784 (hbk.)
- 1848325789 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 751749866
- Author
- Uffindell, Andrew.
- Title
- Napoleon's chicken marengo : creating the myth of the Emperor's favourite dish / Andrew Uffindell.
- Imprint
- London : Frontline Books, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-5081