Liz Trenow

The Silk Weaver

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1760, SpitalfieldsAnna Butterfield's life is about to change forever, as she moves from her idyllic Suffolk home to be introduced into London society. A chance encounter with a French silk weaver, Henri, draws her in to the volatile world of the city's burgeoning silk trade. Henri is working on his 'master piece', to become a master weaver and freeman; Anna longs to become an artist while struggling against pressure from her uncle's family to marry a wealthy young lawyer. As their lives become ever more intertwined, Henri realises that Anna's designs could give them both an opportunity for freedom. But his world becomes more dangerous by the… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-5098-2325-3
EAN: 9781509823253
Produktnummer: 20854983
Verlag: Pan MacMillan
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 416 S.
Masse: H19.5 cm x B12.8 cm x D3.0 cm 290 g
Auflage: Main Market Ed
Gewicht: 290

Über den Autor

Liz Trenow is the author of several historical novels, including The Last Telegram, The Forgotten Seamstress, The Poppy Factory and The Silk Weaver. Liz's family have been silk weavers for nearly three hundred years, and she grew up in the house next to the mill in Suffolk, England, which still operates today, weaving for top-end fashion houses and royal commissions. This unique history inspired her first two novels, and this, her fourth novel.Liz is a former journalist who spent fifteen years on regional and national newspapers, and on BBC radio and television news, before turning her hand to fiction. She lives in East Anglia, UK, with her artist husband, and they have two grown-up daughters.