The Winter Dress
Two women separated by centuries drawn together by one beautiful silk dress
by Lauren Chater
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Pub Date Oct 20 2022 | Archive Date Oct 20 2022
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Description
Two women separated by centuries, the threads of their lives drawn togther by one beautiful silk dress
Textiles historian Jo Baaker is drawn back to the Dutch island where she was born to investigate the provenance of a valuable seventeenth-century silk dress. Retrieved by local divers from a sunken shipwreck, the dress offers tantalising clues about Holland's famous Golden Age.
Jo's research leads her to Anna Tesseltje, a poor Amsterdam laundress who served Catharina van Shurman, portrait painter on the fringes of the Dutch court. The two women were said to be close, so why did Anna abandon Catharina at the height of her misfortune? And how did Anna come to possess such a precious dress? Jo is determined to find out, while battling academic politics and personal demons.
Advance Praise
'An intriguing story of love, loss and fulfilment' - Pip Williams author of The Dictionary of Lost Words
'Vivid, expansive and richly imagined' - James Bradley, author of The Resurrectionist
'An intriguing story of love, loss and fulfilment' - Pip Williams author of The Dictionary of Lost Words
'Vivid, expansive and richly imagined' - James Bradley, author of The Resurrectionist
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780749029005 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
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