- Title:
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The Silk Weaver
- Written by:
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Liz Trenow
- Read by:
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Katie Scarfe
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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10
- Duration:
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11 hours 34 minutes
- Published:
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July 28 2017
- Available Date:
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July 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781509874804
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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'Push back the gorgeous brocade curtains of The Silk Weaver's period detail and romance and you find a window on eighteenth century London that, with its prejudice and divisions, is surprisingly pertinent today.'
Kate Riordan
A tale of illicit romance set against the world of the silk trade in London.
1760, Spitalfields.
Anna 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 day, as riots threaten to tear them apart forever ...
Inspired by real historical events and characters, The Silk Weaver is a captivating, unforgettable story of illicit romance in a time of enlightenment and social upheaval.