{"product_id":"the-greedy-queen-eating-with-victoria","title":"The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria","description":"From Dr Annie Gray  presenter of BBC2s Victorian Bakers and The Confectioners  coming summer 2017What does it mean to eat like a queen? Elizabeth gorged on sugar  Mary on chocolate and Anne was known as Brandy Nan. Victoria ate all of this and more. The Greedy Queen celebrates Victorias appetite  both for food and  indeed  for life.Born in May 1819  Victoria came as plump as a partridge. In her early years she lived on milk and bread under the Kensington system; in her old age she suffered constant indigestion yet continued to over-eat. From intimate breakfasts with the King of France  to romping at tea-parties with her children  and from state balls to her last sip of milk  her life is examined through what she ate  when and with whom. In the royal household  Victoria was surrounded by ladies-in-waiting  secretaries  dressers and coachmen  but below stairs there was another category of her cooks. More fundamental and yet completely hidden  they are now uncovered in their working environment for the first time.Voracious and adventurous in her tastes  Queen Victoria was head of state during a revolution in how we ate - from the highest tables to the most humble. Bursting with original research  The Greedy Queen considers Britains most iconic monarch from a new perspective  telling the story of British food along the way.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44632309727285,"sku":"ByrdShop_1781256829","price":110.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1781256829.jpg?v=1754131201","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-greedy-queen-eating-with-victoria","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}