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The discovery of chocolate / James Runcie.
Van Pelt Library PS3568.U463 D57 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Runcie, James, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spaniards.
- Foreign countries.
- Mexico.
- Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Fiction.
- History.
- Spaniards--Foreign countries--Fiction.
- Spaniards--Mexico--Fiction.
- Indian women--Fiction.
- Indian women.
- Chocolate--Fiction.
- Chocolate.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Love stories.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 264 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperCollins, [2001]
- Summary:
- A young Spaniard sets off for South America in 1518 with Cortez and the Conquistadors, propelled by his love's declaration she will not marry him until he returns with a special treasure. During his travels, he falls in love with a native woman who teaches him the secret of the most delicious potion he has ever tasted--a chocolate drink--and soon he discovers that the elixir has given him the gift of immortality.
- ISBN:
- 0060184817
- OCLC:
- 44683445
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