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A Dish Taken Cold Hardcover – March 30, 2001

by Anne Perry (Author)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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Terror consumes the heart of young Celie, who works for Madame de Stadl following the storming of the Bastille in July 1789, as she unknowingly leaves her baby to die in the arms of a friend, and falls victim to betrayal and danger, in a chilling novella of betrayal and revenge set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.
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    80 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Carroll & Graf Pub
  4. Publication date
    March 30, 2001
  5. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0786708220
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0786708222
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Departing from her usual Victorian milieu (the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series and the William Monk series), Edgar-winner Perry has concocted a neat tale of survival and revenge at novella length, set in revolutionary France. It's the summer of 1792, three years after the fall of the Bastille, and the natives of Paris are increasingly discontented with the food shortages, the arbitrary mob rule, the lack of effective leadership by the Commune. On the border, meanwhile, the Prussians threaten invasion. Against this ominous backdrop, Celie, a young widowed servant in the employ of the real-life Madame de Sta‰l, suffers a personal tragedy. Celie's baby son, Jean-Pierre, dies in his crib, unattended by the friend, Amandine, in whose care she entrusted him. Later Celie learns that Amandine's lover, Georges, lured her away for a tryst during the fatal hour. Giving in to her worst feelings, Celie betrays the negligent lovers to the authorities, who are all too quick to arrest anyone on suspicion of treason. But not all is as it seems, and as the Prussian army marches on Paris and Marat sets the Terror in full bloody swing, the nobler side of Celie's nature comes to the fore as she contrives to have a little justice done amid the horrors. While slight in comparison to her novels, this spare, well-crafted novella should please Perry's fans.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Carroll & Graf Pub; First Carroll & Graf Edition (March 30, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786708220
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786708222
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels, including Dark Assassin and The Shifting Tide, and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including The Cater Street Hangman, Calandar Square, Buckingham Palace Gardens and Long Spoon Lane. She is also the author of the World War I novels No Graves As Yet, Shoulder the Sky, Angels in the Gloom, At Some Disputed Barricade, and We Shall Not Sleep, as well as six holiday novels, most recently A Christmas Grace. Anne Perry lives in Scotland.

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Liz
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The book was in excellent condition. Looked brand new. It arrived in a timely fashion.
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S. J. Ortiz
4.0 out of 5 stars Short but Sweet Prelude to "The One Thing More"
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2007
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"A Dish Taken Cold," by Anne Perry, was an introduction to the rest of the story in "The One Thing More." As far as I know, this is the first time Anne Perry has written about the French Revolution. As with her other historical fiction, she does an excellent job of weaving the facts of history into the lives of individuals, and showing the reader an intimate view through their eyes of what it was really like to live through such a turbulent time. Truth, honor, love, and duty are at the forefront for these brave individuals as in Perry's other novels. I enjoyed reading and learning from this book.
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Carolyn !amuniere
3.0 out of 5 stars Anne Perry has some good plots but she is too wordy
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2016
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Anne Perry has some good plots but she is too wordy. And questions, sometimes whole pages are filled with the. I want to say, "Get on with the story"
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Nicholas Huey
5.0 out of 5 stars A Dish Taken Cold - Or hot, or lukewarm. It's good however you take it.
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2016
A Dish Taken Cold is a compelling story centered on the life of Celie, a French servant in an aristocratic house. Set during the French Revolution, Paris is a mess of confusion and rebellion. But Celie doesn’t care so much about the revolution as she does about the recent loss of her only son. When she begins to suspect that the child died due to negligence on the part of Amandine, a fellow maidservant, Celie decides to seek recompense in the form of revenge on Amandine and her lover George.
This book is captivating, drawing you into Celie’s servant-life with astonishing ease, and humanizing the French Revolution. One catches a glimpse into the chaos that was happening in Europe, and the details and prose are stunning in this third person novel.
The book is made all the better by its ending twist. Anne Perry masterfully leads the reader along with only the details available to the protagonist, and creates a logical, believable character. When you realize that you’ve been deceived, all you want to do is go back and look for clues that would have tipped you off. They are there, but only visible once you’ve gotten through to the end.
I would recommend this read to anyone wanting to understand the despair and confusion of past conflict. Many times, it is glossed over with facts and cold details, but the human emotion is important for us to stay connected to if we really want to lead an empathetic escapade into human injustices.
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D. Muldoon
4.0 out of 5 stars A charming story...
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2009
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I ALWAYS enjoy what Anne Perry writes; This was no exception. The French Revolution setting and short story format made A DISH TAKEN COLD different from the William Monk and Thomas Pitt novels. However, Anne Perry's ability to show us something about people --- often about ourselves --- captures the reader with the historicity of another time while teaching moral lessons that apply today. I recommend this book for an entertaining, though provoking afternoon's reading, but I must add that I prefer the full length novels, including the Christmas series.
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Nina M. Osier
5.0 out of 5 stars Vivid novella of the French Revolution
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2012
Celie's grief turns to fury when a co-worker tells her that while her baby son was dying from causes unknown, the friend with whom Celie left him was in bed with her lover. Celie has already suffered widowhood, and she has no other children - her infant's death leaves her quite alone. So as Paris moves toward revolution, and her wealthy employer struggles to keep her own friends safe from the growing and every shifting hysteria, Celie plots vengeance against Amandine and Georges, the man identified to her as Amandine's lover.

This Anne Perry novella works beautifully despite its confined format. The characters spring to life, and their time and place comes through vividly. The signature Perry "twist" is heart lifting, and this reader came away amazed that such a profoundly sad subject could be used to provide such a powerful affirmation of both life and decency.

--Reviewed by Nina M. Osier, author of 2005 science fiction EPPIE winner "Regs"
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purrkz
4.0 out of 5 stars Perry's Time Travel Take on the French Revolution
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2016
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This is a departure from Perry's Victorian and WWI novels, and gave a different view of what was going on in Paris in the aftermath of the French Revolution. i thought I knew a great deal about the events and subsequent efforts to form an effective government, but this novel showed that the pathway to anything resembling a democracy would take more bloodshed and suffering.
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