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Figures in silk

A sumptuous wedding feast, two advantageous marriages and a blessing from the golden king.

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  • "A sumptuous wedding feast, two advantageous marriages and a blessing from the golden king."@en
  • "A silk-weaver marries his daughters into the English court where they work to protect the silk industry in England from Italian monopoly."
  • "A silk-weaver marries his daughters into the English court where they work to protect the silk industry in England from Italian monopoly."@en
  • "In 1471 England, two daughters of a silk merchant follow different paths. Jane Shore becomes the mistress of the king and her sister Isabel becomes powerful in the silk industry."@en
  • "Two sisters discover passion during the War of the Roses'one in the arms of the king, the other in the world of silk From the author of the acclaimed novel Portrait of an Unknown Woman comes an epic tale of love and intrigue. The year is 1471. Edward IV, who won the throne with the help of his brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is restoring law and order after years of war. Under Edward IV, life in England begins to improve. Business is booming once more and the printing and silk industries prosper in London. When silk merchant John Lambert marries off his two beautiful daughters, their fortunes are forever changed. Elder daughter Jane Shore begins a notorious liaison with the king while industrious and clever Isabel finds herself married into the house of Claver, a wealthy silk dynasty. Fate delivers Isabel a challenge when her new husband is killed and she is forced into apprenticeship to her mother-in-law, Alice Claver. It is from Alice Claver that Isabel learns to love silk and the exotic and passionate fabrics from Italy, Persia, Spain, Tunisia, and beyond. Isabel learns to make her way in this new world of silk'to find friends and enemies'and she strikes an alliance with her sister's lover, King Edward IV, that will bring the secrets of silk-making to London. As Isabel grows in power and her plan for a silk industry run by Englishwomen is set into motion, the political landscape shifts in dangerous ways. One sister will fall as the other rises and choices must be made that will change their lives forever."@en
  • "Set in 15th-century London, at the end of the Wars of the Roses, this novel deals with the world of silk merchants and craftswomen. Two sisters find themselves close to the centre of power during this time of uncertainty."

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  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historische Romane und Erzählungen"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Biographical fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"

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  • "Die Seidenprinzessin : historischer Roman"
  • "Figures in silk"
  • "Figures in silk"@en
  • "Die Seidenprinzessin historischer Roman"
  • "Figures in silk a novel"@en
  • "Figures in Silk"
  • "Die Seidenprinzessin Historischer Roman"