When Gaia Champion's souffle fails to rise in 1830s Bath, it sets off a chain of events that overthrows the settled order. Centred on the personality of local councillor and bachelor extraordinaire Bellerophon 'Belle' Nash, this first volume of The Gay Street Chronicles engages with social issues that were emerging in the early days of Queen Victoria's reign and still require our close attention today. A recurring cast of whimsical characters brings a gentle humour to the writing and to the strong feminist activism of Bath's first Lady Magistrate.
William Keeling is a former foreign correspondent of the Financial Times who exposed a multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal in Nigeria that led to his summary deportation. He is still plotting his return to the true home of jollof rice. He eventually left journalism for chocolate, becoming co-owner of the historic chocolate company Prestat. Like his late uncle, he too has a creative mind. Belle Nash and the Bath Souffle is the first in The Gay Street Chronicles series. William Keeling lives and writes in Somerset, England.
Title: Belle Nash and the Bath Souffle (The Gay Street Chronicles)
Author: Keeling, William
ISBN: 9781915023025
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Publisher: EnvelopeBooks
Publication Date: 2022-03-03
Number of Pages: 288
Weight: 0.2601 kg
Alexander McCall Smith -- A real romp of a book - full of surprises! / Jeanette Winterson -- Funny, clever, silly in the right way, and strangely moving in its unexpected ending. I love the alt-Regency Bath that Keeling has built. / Matthew Parris -- By turns incisive, outlandish and hilarious! ... there's a brilliance in The Gay Street Chronicles, half-modern, half-Dickensian. / Peter Tatchell -- Bravo. A rollicking tale of corruption, intrigue and romance. A racy read!
