Dinner at Antoines by Frances Parkinson Keyes
Orson Foxworth celebrates his return to New Orleans by giving a dinner in the 1840 room at Antoines restaurant, ostensibly planned to present his niece for the Carnival festivities and to renew his romance with Amelie Lalande. Laland's daughter Odile, accidently spills a red wine down her white dress, a seemingly light incident. However, it is recalled thirty hours later when she is found dead with a strange pistol and an ambiguous note on the floor beside her. Though looking like suicide the plot revolves out of proving otherwise. Infused with much history, customs, and mores of New Orleans of the 1940's. With a new introduction by Patricia Brady setting the history, context of the novel, and with biographical notes on Keyes.Frances Parkinson Keyes (1885-1970) was a prolific journalist, editor, memoirist, and biographer, but she is best recognized for being the best-selling female author in the 1940s and 1950s (beating Edna Ferber and Taylor Caldwell). Her books have sold over 20 million copies worldwide and are still in high demand in the used market. She spent the majority of her time in New Orleans at the Beauregard-Keyes Mansion in the French Quarter. Crescent Carnival; The River Road; Steamboat Gothic; Blue Camellia are the ISBNs and titles of the author's previous novels.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780988962705 |
| ISBN 10 | 0988962705 |
| Title | Dinner at Antoines |
| Author | Frances Parkinson Keyes |
| Series | Louisiana Heritage Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Second Line Press |
| Year published | 2013-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 476 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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