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Cinnamon and Gunpowder: A Novel (édition 2014)

par Eli Brown (Auteur)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML: *Eli Brown's Cinnamon and Gunpowder* is a gripping adventure, a seaborne romance, and a twist on the tale of Scheherazade�??with the best food ever served aboard a pirate's ship.** The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by the ruthless pirate Mad Hannah Mabbot. He will be spared, she tells him, as long as he puts exquisite food in front of her every Sunday without fail. To appease the red-haired captain, Wedgwood gets cracking with the meager supplies on board. His first triumph at sea is actual bread, made from a sourdough starter that he leavens in a tin under his shirt throughout a roaring battle, as men are cutlassed all around him. Soon he's making tea-smoked eel and brewing pineapple-banana cider. But Mabbot�??who exerts a curious draw on the chef�??is under siege. Hunted by a deadly privateer and plagued by a saboteur hidden on her ship, she pushes her crew past exhaustion in her search for the notorious Brass Fox. As Wedgwood begins to sense a method to Mabbot's madness, he must rely on the bizarre crewmembers he once feared: Mr. Apples, the fearsome giant who loves to knit; Feng and Bai, martial arts masters sworn to defend their captain; and Joshua, the deaf cabin boy who becomes the son Wedgwood never had. Cinnamon and Gunpowder is a swashbuckling epicure's adventure simmered over a surprisingly touching love story�??with a dash of the strangest, most delightful cookbook never written. Eli Brown has crafted a uniquely entertaining novel full of adventure: the Scheherazade story turned on its head, at sea, with food. An NPR Best Book of the Year (20… (plus d'informations)

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Titre:	Cinnamon and Gunpowder: A Novel
Auteurs:	Eli Brown (Auteur)
Info:	Picador (2014), 336 pages
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This story is so much fun! Swashbuckling, cooking, love, and more! I was given this as a surprise gift from my son. I never heard of it (don't know why)! The characters are vivid, engaging, sweet, and crusty! The writing is wonderful. (

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Suem330 | Dec 28, 2023 |

In 1819, gifted but persnickety cook Owen Wedgwood is captured during a raid led by the ruthless pirate captain, Mad Hannah Mabbot. She promises to spare his life as long as each Sunday he serves her up an exquisite meal conjured from her ship's scant supplies—all while she and her crew sail the world in a quest for revenge, and a hunt for the notorious Brass Fox.

The basic premise, plus the colourful crew who walk the decks of the Flying Rose, make this initially seem like it's going to be an old-fashioned romp of an adventure story. Cinnamon and Gunpowder definitely has such flourishes to it, but Eli Brown is also interested in telling a deeper story: about grief and compassion and exploitation and defiance. At times the seams between the swashbuckling quirk of the book and the points it was making about the devastation wrought by colonialism were too obvious, and the dramatic climaxes perhaps not as big as some of the explosions that accompanied them. That said, this was an engaging and vivid read which made me want to go down to the sea again. (

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siriaeve | Mar 4, 2023 |

Cinnamon and Gunpowder is an incredibly fun book that is not particularly funny. Narrator Owen "Wedge" Wedgwood is press-ganged into "Mad" Hannah Mabbot's rag tag crew of pirates with the express purpose of cooking a fine meal for pirate captain Mabbot every Sunday from whatever happens to be available in the middle of the open ocean as she continues on her journey to hunt down the elusive Brass Fox, who has been plaguing the shipping lanes in the early decades of the nineteenth century.

Told from the staunchly anti-pirate Wedge's perspective through makeshift journal entries on whatever scraps of paper he can find, Cinnamon and Gunpowder focuses on his relationships with the crew, the Fox, a mute cabin boy, and the captain herself. Despite constant escape attempts, Wedge's opinion of his fellow shipmates changes, practically against his will, and he gradually finds himself enjoying the company of his compatriots on board.

Cinnamon and Gunpowder was not the book I thought it would be and, for once, it was a very pleasant surprise instead of a disappointment. Eli Brown's storytelling is superb and his cast of characters are richly developed and thoroughly intriguing. (

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smorton11 | Oct 29, 2022 |

I feel like I would have rated this book higher if I had read it over a shorter period of time. But the narrative had a hard time holding my attention. I loved the premise, of a pirate queen and a captive chef, forced to cook a new weekly dish for her a la 1001 Arabian Nights.

It was fascinating watching Wedgwood's character development, going from unwilling captive to eventual ally, and seeing Mabbot and her crew through his eyes. I also gained a whole new appreciation for cooking.

There was a lot packed into this book and maybe one day I'll read it again and hopefully get more out of it. My head wasn't in the right place for it, I think. (

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wisemetis | Oct 19, 2022 |

A pirate tale modeled much like 1001 Arabian Nights. In this case, Scheherazade, was a cook that was kidnapped and he had to cook the female pirate captain a delightful meal each Sunday or walk the plank. There was some slight humor here and some dishes that sounded tempting. However, the rest was too fantastical or slapstick for me. (

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"..perfect mixture of classic piracy and food snobbery.."

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Eli Brown	—	auteur principal	toutes les éditions	calculé
Arensman, Dirk Jan	Traducteur	auteur secondaire	quelques éditions	confirmé
Langton, James	Narrateur	auteur secondaire	quelques éditions	confirmé

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Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards (Finaliste – Fiction – 2013)

Maine Readers' Choice Award (Présélection – 2014)

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Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice (Nautical Adventure)

NPR: Books We Love (2013)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:

Eli Brown's Cinnamon and Gunpowder is a gripping adventure, a seaborne romance, and a twist on the tale of Scheherazade�??with the best food ever served aboard a pirate's ship.

The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by the ruthless pirate Mad Hannah Mabbot. He will be spared, she tells him, as long as he puts exquisite food in front of her every Sunday without fail.
To appease the red-haired captain, Wedgwood gets cracking with the meager supplies on board. His first triumph at sea is actual bread, made from a sourdough starter that he leavens in a tin under his shirt throughout a roaring battle, as men are cutlassed all around him. Soon he's making tea-smoked eel and brewing pineapple-banana cider.
But Mabbot�??who exerts a curious draw on the chef�??is under siege. Hunted by a deadly privateer and plagued by a saboteur hidden on her ship, she pushes her crew past exhaustion in her search for the notorious Brass Fox. As Wedgwood begins to sense a method to Mabbot's madness, he must rely on the bizarre crewmembers he once feared: Mr. Apples, the fearsome giant who loves to knit; Feng and Bai, martial arts masters sworn to defend their captain; and Joshua, the deaf cabin boy who becomes the son Wedgwood never had.
Cinnamon and Gunpowder is a swashbuckling epicure's adventure simmered over a surprisingly touching love story�??with a dash of the strangest, most delightful cookbook never written. Eli Brown has crafted a uniquely entertaining novel full of adventure: the Scheherazade story turned on its head, at sea, with food.
An NPR Best Book of the Year (20

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