The Silk Weavers Daughter

The Silk Weaver’s Wife

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Millie wants more from her relationship and more from her life. So when her boss Max abruptly ends their affair, she takes the opportunity to write a feature in Italy. Staying in a gorgeous villa, Millie unexpectedly falls in love with the owner, Lorenzo.

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Together they begin to unravel an incredible story, threaded through generations of silk weavers. Well, this is like a very stunning, evocative tour of the Italian lakes and Venice! Ah Italy just sings from the pages! Even the names of the villas in the novel are fitting — The Villa di Bozzolo which translates as House of Cocoon…. Villa Limonaia stood on the edge of the lake among lemon and olive groves.

The villa had a small landing station and she could hear the waves of the lake slapping the underside of the wooden jetty.

Lake Como also stars — where some dramatic moments take place in a villa near to Cernobbio and Rovato village. Lots of research but lightly woven into the plot.

The city of Florence and the northern region of Piedmont also prided themselves on the quality of their silk, but Veneto considered itself pre-eminent. Spitalfields was in fact a hub of creative activity in the early eighteenth century — James Leman was a talented silk designer of the time and Maria in he novel becomes friends with him very aptly ensuring fact and fiction nicely weave together just like silk itself.

The author was inspired by her discovery of the artist Maria Sibylla Meria who was born in Frankfurt and her father was a successful printer and artist who died when she was only three years old. Her mother married the painter Jacob Marrel who painted flowers and he taught Maria to do the same. Quite an artistic family! Many years later, she did indeed move to Amsterdam and created a technique of how to paint directly onto silk. She was particularly fascinated by silkworms and entomology in general. The evocative writing is just gorgeous — the scene setting has as much flourish as a gondolier trying to entice you onto the Grand Canal.

There is such detail about the silk trade here too — what a fascinating history and story to this! I particularly loved the story set in the past and how many real life characters in the silk trade were placed alongside the fictional ones. Seamlessly written and researched.

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Rix weaves magic and more. Pierre did not believe Marc would make a good husband. Although Louise was closely chaperoned, as young people can do, she managed to sneak away with Marc for a couple of trysts, and after he sailed for China, she found herself to be pregnant. In the meantime, in order to save their lives due to the French King's intention to rid France of all Huguenots, Jacques helped Pierre and his family escape to England.

Upon settling in England, Pierre met Paul Thibault, a rich widower who acted like a bank, holding vaults of gold, which he exchanged for the proper documentation, like a check. Pierre had a letter of credit by Jacques to help set up his silk weaving business in England.

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Upon seeing Louise, Paul was fascinated by her and when Pierre found out that Louise was pregnant by Marc, he did the necessary to save his family's reputation by telling Paul that Louise had been raped by a dragoon and Paul married Louise, accepting the baby as his own. The story has many interesting subplots, which intertwine one way or another around Louise, which furthered the story and although the author gave good physical descriptions of her characters, there was a lack of indepth insight into their psyches and, consequently, with more than enough descriptions, there lacked drama and emotions that would have been broiling when you have this religious fervor, love, fear, death and such to expound upon.

The beginning lags but as the tale further developed, then it picked up. There is enough interesting material, however, that I give it four stars. I enjoyed it overall and I found few typos as another reviewer remarked. This is an enjoyable and interesting read that draws on the Author's own ancestors' experiences with the oppression of Huguenots by Louis XIV. She has put a great deal of detail into the setting to produce a feeling of historic accuracy, including details of daily life. I enjoy books that have details of what, who, what it looks like - a lived-in world.

The story of danger, oppression and change is handled well; the love story is one of sacrifice, honor and constancy over the years. I read this because I encountered the author in various discussions, and I found her articulate, wise and kind - the book is obviously the product of such a creator. It can be read in little sips, or you can plow through it, if you wish, and go back to read.

Beautiful story of a courageous Family that leaves everything they've known behind and embark to a different country in search if freedom of religion. As all of this is happening, a young couple is in love and they will have to find out if their love will endure and stand strong as miles in distance, difference in religious beliefs and upbringing will keep them together or if life's circumstances will take them separate ways.

This is a very heartening story that will touch your hearts and you will come to appreciate the development in each character as they mature in life.

One person found this helpful. I loved this book! If you're a lover of history, as I am, you will really enjoy it as well. While taking the reader back in time, Mrs.

Kales paints a very vivid and colorful picture of the times. And at the same time, she does an extraordinary job of bringing life to her characters in this extremely powerful and poignant story of faith, love, and relationships with family and friends that are enduring and stand the tests of time. I loved the storyline of this book. Publisher needs a great deal of help with common grammar usage and punctuation The historical background is similar to the setting for Midwife of Normandy, my newly published novel.

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Kales' research was spot on and I found it to be an engaging story. I am currently reading her sequel, Night of the Gypsies and I invite her fans to read my book. Loved this book, held my interest to the very end, The plot was somewhat predictable but not obviously so. Rich characters that I cared about, all in all a very good read. See all 33 reviews. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway.

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