The Silver Thread

• Date de parution : 17/07/2012
• Editeur : Head Of Zeus
• EAN : 9781908800862
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• Support : Livre numérique

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• Thème : Non attribué
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London, 1840: a young woman boards a prison ship bound for the other side of the world.'An exciting, spirited and ambitious tale.' Andrew Miller, Costa-award winning author of Pure.'The day was dove grey, and silk. A melancholic cloth that whispered and rustled. Who could say what it... Voir plus

London, 1840: a young woman boards a prison ship bound for the other side of the world.'An exciting, spirited and ambitious tale.' Andrew Miller, Costa-award winning author of Pure.'The day was dove grey, and silk. A melancholic cloth that whispered and rustled. Who could say what it foretold.'Dublin, 1840: Rhia Mahoney watches in despair as her father's linen warehouse goes up in flames. Her family is ruined. Her imagined future, full of pattern and colour, plum brocades and beetle-green taffeta, crumbles to ashes.Seeking work as a governess in dismal London, Rhia's life is changed beyond all imagination when her uncle, a shipping merchant, commits suicide. Rhia cannot - will not - believe he would take his own life, but before she can investigate, she is accused of a crime she didn't commit, and forced to board a prison ship bound for New South Wales.The voyage is one of dry biscuits and endless sea, made bearable by the women's daily chore: to sew scraps of cloth into an elaborate quilt. What Rhia does not realise is that with every stich, she binds herself closer to a journey of discovery that will not end in Australia...Weaving death, love and adventure into a vivid tale of the world at the height of Empire, The Silver Thread is plotted like a murder mystery, but narrated with the skill and style of a literary storyteller.