The forgotten seamstress / Liz Trenow.
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TextPublisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2014]Description: 329 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781402282485; 1402282486Subject(s): 1900-1999 | Women tailors -- England -- Fiction | Royal households -- England -- 20th century -- Fiction | Quilting -- Fiction | Quiltmakers -- Fiction | Tailors -- Fiction | Secrets -- Fiction | Quilting | Quiltmakers | Royal households | Women tailors | Women dressmakers -- Fiction | Women designers -- Fiction | Family secrets -- Fiction | Silk -- Fiction | Historical fiction | Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | England | Great BritainGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Historical fiction. | History | Fiction. | Historical fiction. | Historical fiction.Summary: Interveaves the story of Maria, a seamstress in the royal household of Buckingham Palace, and Caroline Meadows who discovers a beautiful quilt in her mother's attic.Summary: Maria knows she's lucky to have landed in the sewing room of the royal household. Before World War I casts its shadow, she catches the eye of the Prince of Wales, a glamorous and intense gentleman. But her life takes a far darker turn, and soon all she has left is a fantastical story about her time at Buckingham Palace. Decades later, Caroline Meadows discovers a beautiful quilt in her mother's attic. When she can't figure out the meaning of the message embroidered into its lining, she embarks on a quest to reveal its mystery.
Interveaves the story of Maria, a seamstress in the royal household of Buckingham Palace, and Caroline Meadows who discovers a beautiful quilt in her mother's attic.
Maria knows she's lucky to have landed in the sewing room of the royal household. Before World War I casts its shadow, she catches the eye of the Prince of Wales, a glamorous and intense gentleman. But her life takes a far darker turn, and soon all she has left is a fantastical story about her time at Buckingham Palace. Decades later, Caroline Meadows discovers a beautiful quilt in her mother's attic. When she can't figure out the meaning of the message embroidered into its lining, she embarks on a quest to reveal its mystery.
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