Blackberry & wild rose
(Book)
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Published
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
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Heginbotham Holyoke Library - FICTION | VEL | On Shelf |
Nederland Community Library - FICTION | Fic Velton | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Betrayal -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Fashion designers -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820 -- Fiction.
Lady's maids -- Fiction.
Misogyny. -- Fiction.
Silk industry -- Fiction.
Silk weaving -- Fiction.
Women fashion designers -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Fashion designers -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820 -- Fiction.
Lady's maids -- Fiction.
Misogyny. -- Fiction.
Silk industry -- Fiction.
Silk weaving -- Fiction.
Women fashion designers -- Fiction.
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Published
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Description
When Esther Thorel, wife of a master silk weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel, she thinks she is doing God's will, but her good deed is not returned. Sara quickly realizes the Thorel household is built on hypocrisy and lies and soon tires of the drudgery of life as Esther's new lady's maid. As the two women's relationship becomes increasingly fractious, Sara resolves to find out what it is that so preoccupies her mistress. Esther has long yearned to be a silk designer. When her early water colors are dismissed by her husband, Elias, as the daubs of a foolish girl, she continues her attempts in secret. It may have been that none of them would ever have become actual silks, were it not for the presence of the extraordinarily talented Bisby Lambert in the Thorel household. Brought in by Elias to weave his master piece on the Thorel's loom in the attic of their house in Spitalfields, the strange cadence of the loom as Bisby works is like a siren call to Esther. The minute she first sets foot in the garret and sees Bisby Lambert at his loom marks the beginning of Blackberry and Wild Rose, the most exquisite silk design Spitalfields has ever seen, and the end of the Thorel household's veneer of perfection. As unrest among the journeyman silk weavers boils over into riot and rebellion, it leads to a devastating day of reckoning between Esther and Sara.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Velton, S. (2019). Blackberry & wild rose (First edition.). Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Velton, Sonia. 2019. Blackberry & Wild Rose. Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Velton, Sonia. Blackberry & Wild Rose Blackstone Publishing, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Velton, Sonia. Blackberry & Wild Rose First edition., Blackstone Publishing, 2019.
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