A wonderfully inventive and entertaining journey through time and the history of Chocolate The Discovery of Chocolate is a fabulous tale, as rich and exotic as the gorgeous creation that Diego de Godoy first discovers when he arrives in Mexico with Cortes and his conquistadors.
The Discovery of Chocolate is his first novel..
His films include Miss Pym\'s Day Out, Saturday/Sunday, My Father, and The Great Fire.
About the Author: James Runcie is a writer and film-maker.
In a series of dramatic episodes that are evocative, witty and thought-provoking, from revolutionary Paris to Freud\'s Vienna, Fry\'s Bristol and Hershey\'s Pittsburgh, Diego and his ever-faithful greyhound, Pedro, seek the perfection of Chocolate and the meaning of life.
Separated from his lover, he must wander the world, and the centuries, in search of the fulfilment that he first knew in Mexico.
What he finds is love, and chocolate, and an elixir of life.
Diego is seeking his fortune in the New World.
A wonderfully inventive and entertaining journey through time and the history of Chocolate The Discovery of Chocolate is a fabulous tale, as rich and exotic as the gorgeous creation that Diego de Godoy first discovers when he arrives in Mexico with Cortes and his conquistadors
