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The tenth [10th] gift

The art of embroidery uncannily links two fascinating women of different eras and their equally passionate love stories. In an expensive London restaurant, Julia Lovat receives a gift that will change her life. At first glance it is a book of exquisite seventeenth-century embroidery patterns belonging to a woman named Catherine Ann Tregenna. Yet in its margins are the faintest diary entries; they reveal that?Cat? and others were stolen from their Cornish church in 1625 by Muslim pirates and taken on a brutal voyage to Morocco to be auctioned off as slaves. Captivated by this dramatic discovery, Julia sets off to North Africa to determine the authenticity of the book and to uncover more of Cat?s mesmerizing story. There, in the company of a charismatic Moroccan guide, amid the sultry heat, the spice markets, and exotic ruins, Julia will discover buried secrets. And in Morocco?just as Cat did before her?she will lose her heart. Set almost 400 years apart, the stories of these two women converge in an extraordinary and haunting manner that will make readers wonder?is history fated to repeat itself? A literary mystery, historical adventure, and dual love story, The Tenth Gift literally crosses genres with narrative ease and prose that is as captivating as the characters who people this unforgettable tale.

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  • "Crossed bones"@en
  • "Crossed bones"
  • "10e cadeau"
  • "10th gift"@en
  • "Tenth gift"
  • "Tenth gift"@it

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  • "Julia Lovat reçoit un cadeau qui va bouleverser sa vie. Il s'agit d'un livre reproduisant des motifs de broderies, datant du XVIIe siècle, ayant appartenu à Catherine Anne Tregenna. Mais en marge se trouve une minuscule chronique qui révèle l'enlèvement de femmes par des pirates musulmans en 1625. Julia part pour l'Afrique du Nord afin de s'assurer de l'authenticité du récit."
  • "A volume of seventeenth-century embroidery patterns that also contains faint diary entries brings together the lives of two women of different eras--Cat Tregenna, kidnapped by Muslim pirates in 1625, and Julia Lovat, a modern-day woman out to authenticate Cat's story."
  • "Historical adventure and dual love story."
  • "The art of embroidery uncannily links two fascinating women of different eras and their equally passionate love stories. In an expensive London restaurant, Julia Lovat receives a gift that will change her life. At first glance it is a book of exquisite seventeenth-century embroidery patterns belonging to a woman named Catherine Ann Tregenna. Yet in its margins are the faintest diary entries; they reveal that?Cat? and others were stolen from their Cornish church in 1625 by Muslim pirates and taken on a brutal voyage to Morocco to be auctioned off as slaves. Captivated by this dramatic discovery, Julia sets off to North Africa to determine the authenticity of the book and to uncover more of Cat?s mesmerizing story. There, in the company of a charismatic Moroccan guide, amid the sultry heat, the spice markets, and exotic ruins, Julia will discover buried secrets. And in Morocco?just as Cat did before her?she will lose her heart. Set almost 400 years apart, the stories of these two women converge in an extraordinary and haunting manner that will make readers wonder?is history fated to repeat itself? A literary mystery, historical adventure, and dual love story, The Tenth Gift literally crosses genres with narrative ease and prose that is as captivating as the characters who people this unforgettable tale."@en
  • "The art of embroidery uncannily links two fascinating women of different eras and their equally passionate love stories In an expensive London restaurant, Julia Lovat receives a gift that will change her life. At first glance it is a book of exquisite seventeenth-century embroidery patterns belonging to a woman named Catherine Ann Tregenna. Yet in its margins are the faintest diary entries; they reveal that "Cat" and others were stolen from their Cornish church in 1625 by Muslim pirates and taken on a brutal voyage to Morocco to be auctioned off as slaves. Captivated by this dramatic discovery, Julia sets off to North Africa to determine the authenticity of the book and to uncover more of Cat's mesmerizing story. There, in the company of a charismatic Moroccan guide, amid the sultry heat, the spice markets, and exotic ruins, Julia will discover buried secrets. And in Morocco'just as Cat did before her'she will lose her heart. Set almost 400 years apart, the stories of these two women converge in an extraordinary and haunting manner that will make readers wonder'is history fated to repeat itself' A literary mystery, historical adventure, and dual love story, The Tenth Gift literally crosses genres with narrative ease and prose that is as captivating as the characters who people this unforgettable tale. From the Hardcover edition."@en
  • "The gift of a book containing faint traces of a diary of a seventeenth-century Cornish woman kidnapped by Muslims leads Julia on a quest to trace the woman's steps."

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  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Adventure stories"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Love novels"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Milostné romány"
  • "Love stories"

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  • "Il decimo dono"
  • "Le dixieme cadeau"
  • "The tenth [10th] gift"@en
  • "Di shi yang li wu"
  • "The tenth gift"
  • "The tenth gift"@en
  • "Onuncu armağan"
  • "Desátý dar"
  • "第十樣禮物"
  • "Il decimo dono : romanzo"@it
  • "Il decimo dono : romanzo"
  • "Le rapt de Penzance"
  • "第十樣禮物 = The tenth gift"
  • "Di shi yang li wu = The tenth gift"
  • "The tenth gift a novel"@en
  • "The tenth gift : a novel"@en
  • "The tenth gift : a novel"
  • "Le rapt de Penzance : roman"
  • "De legende van de kapers"
  • "Le dixième cadeau : roman"
  • "Il decimo dono : romanzo di Jane Johnson"
  • "Pirati srca"@sl
  • "The Tenth Gift: A Novel"@en

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