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The empress of ice cream
Capella, Anthony
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Her body belonged to a king. Bdt who would melt her heart?
‘One of those delicious, feel-good stories that begs to be read in the su: . for The Wedding Officer^
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Anthony Capella is based in London and Oxford and this is his fourth novel. He writes regular travel pieces for the Sunday Times, in which he researches exotic foods.
Visit his website at www.anthonycapella.com
Praise for The Wedding Officer
‘This is one of those delicious, unashamedly feel-good stories that begs to be read in the sun - preferably an Italian sun, as the book makes you long to be there, sipping at a beaker full of the warm south’
The Times
‘Full of the same colour and verve as Capella’s The Food of Love, this story also blends romance with gourmet delights’
Good Housekeepin£[
‘‘The Wedding resembles a cross between Captain Corelli’s
Mandolin and Chocolat, while remaining a charming and powerful fiction in its own right’
Michael Arditti
‘This gently erotic book is so precisely of our time. The construction is simple but elegant and the writing sensitive . . . You are gracefully transported from page to page when you should be madly licking fingers and scrabbling to turn them . . . Capella’s lightness of touch also conjures comedy set-ups with the delightful anticipation and resolution of any Marx brother classic . . . Brilliantly carries off a sentimental ruse worthy of any fifties Hollywood caper’
Sunday Express
‘Food, Italy and romance are Anthony Capella’s trademark topics. He combines all three deliciously in The Wedding OfficeT
InStyle
‘An enjoyable caper’
Mirror
‘The descriptions of food are so mouth-watering, they may send you to the fridge in search of goodies! . . . An irresistible combination of love, humour and delicious food’
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NOV 1 2010
The Food of Love The Weddin0 Officer The Various Flavours of Coffee
THE
EMPRESS
OF
ICE CREAM
Anthony Capella
McArthur & Company Toronto
First published in Canada in 2010 by McArthur & Company 322 King Street West, Suite 402 Toronto, Ontario M5V 1J2
www.mcarthur-co.com Copyright © 2010 Anthony Capella
All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
All rights reserved.
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Capella, Anthony
The empress of ice cream / Anthony Capella.
ISBN 978-1-55278-875-2
1. Keroualle, Louise-Renee de. Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny, 16491734—Fiction. 2. Charles 11, King of England, 1630-1685—Fiction. 3. Louis XrV, King of France, 1638-1715—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6103.A64E47 2010 823’.92 • ' C2010-903985-8
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