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Lilla's Feast
  • Published: 30 April 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446438558
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

Lilla's Feast

A True Story Of Love, War, And A Passion For Food

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30 Apr 2011
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1 Nov 2005
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Sensual family memoir of a modern woman in the last 100 years, spanning three continents and three husbands.

Lilla Eckford, interned in a Japanese civilian camp in China during the second world war after an extraordinary early life,passed her time by compiling a book about the joys of food.Thisprecious cookery book, now in the possession of the ImperialWarMuseum, inspired Lilla's great-granddaughter, Frances Osborne, to investigate her enthralling story.

Lilla's Feast spans the world from China to India and finally to England over a hundred years, and blends together personal history, world events, period atmosphere and family anecdotes into a brilliantly vibrant and poignant story.
  • Published: 30 April 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446438558
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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About the author

Frances Osborne

Frances Osborne studied Law at Oxford and trained as a barrister and journalist. She is married to the current Chancellor of the Exchequer. She lives in West London with her family.
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