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The Silver Thread

BuchGebunden
496 Seiten
Englisch
Bloomsbury USAerschienen am01.10.2012
'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.mehr
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Klappentext'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.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-908800-12-1
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2012
Erscheinungsdatum01.10.2012
Seiten496 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 150 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 38 mm
Gewicht771 g
Artikel-Nr.18122477
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GenreRomane Hardcover

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Kritik
'A novel of genuine power and conviction' The Sunday Times. 'impressively researched and closely imagined. An exciting, spirited and ambitious tale' Andrew Miller, Costa-award winning author of Pure. 'Fitzpatrick's world is well-researched and many-hued, filled with references that enrich the reader's experience' For Books' Sake.mehr