Hillaire Belloc (1870-1953) was a soldier in the French artillery who went on to become President of the Oxford Union, a travel writer, historian, poet, Member of Parliament, yachtsman, and was accused of being an anti-Semitic Nazi despite the fact that many of his writings condemned fascism and German anti-Semitism.

This book was based on a letter he wrote in 1935 to a friend on the occasion of her marriage somewhat patronisingly entitled “advice on wine, food and other matters”.

An interesting oddity.

Publisher: Harvill Press, London

Edition: 1960

My Rating: ★★★★★

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