When You Lunch with the Emperor: The Adventures of Ludwig Bemelmans - Softcover

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585678457 ISBN 13: 9781585678457

Publisher: Overlook Books, 2006

Synopsis

Ludwig Bemelmans—legendary bon vivant and raconteur, and author of the Madeline series as well as the surprise success of 2004, Hotel Bemelmans—lived life like a character in a novel. Wherever Ludwig went and whatever he did—letting Parisian criminals baby-sit his daughter, getting caught with his toenails painted red by the Gestapo, or discovering the only restaurant with toilets in the Amazon jungle—his escapades are guaranteed entertainment.

As Anthony Bourdain says of this new collection, "Whether writing about the backstairs misadventures of cooks and waiters or travel to faraway lands, Bemelmans is always funny, insightful and dead on target. No one has ever surpassed the master." When You Lunch with the Emperor collects Bemelmans’s work under the headings of Childhood, Work, and Play. Readers will enjoy their lunch with the Bemelmans!

About this title

From the Publisher:

Another addictive and enchanting collection of essays about the grand hotel life--by the author of Hotel Bemelmans and the Madeline books.

About the Author:

Ludwig Bemelmans (1898–1962) wrote and illustrated more than forty books. He wrote for Hollywood, owned restaurants, designed sets for Broadway, and painted everything from magazine covers to hotel frescos. Born in the Austrian Tyrol, he was sent to America at the age of sixteen after he shot a head-waiter at his father's restaurant.

About this edition

• Publisher: Overlook Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1585678457
• ISBN 13: 9781585678457
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320