L T Talbot

Dr Bakewell and the Three Chocolatiers L T Talbot

The third instalment of the Dr Bakewell series, 'Dr Bakewell and The Three Chocolatiers', travels back in time to see Dr Bakewell as a young boy, charting his life from childhood, through adulthood, to the eventual birth of Honeycomb Hall. Eight year old George Bakewell has a happy, carefree life living with his family in the little village of Sherberton. They live a very ordinary, quiet life - until one fateful day when Sherberton and its residents are unexpectedly rocked to the core and the lives of the Bakewell family take a very unexpected turn and young George's life is thrown into chaos. By the age of 21, he decides that he wants to spend the rest of his life as a confectioner but one element of the profession eludes him - the art of chocolatiering. But the best chocolatiers are in Switzerland so he has a heart-wrenching decision to make - should he stay in England and support his family business or move to Switzerland and follow his dreams?