I wish marketers would realize that most of the historical audience does not find a comparison to Phillipa Gregory a positive. I was actually mocking this book at the breakroom table for it's descriptions of two sisters locked in torrid affairs with powerful men. *Gag*
I decided to take it out with me whilst I smoked a cigarette and was pleasantly surprised. It has more in common with A Conspiracy of Paper, The Coffee Trader or Pillars of the Earth than some bosom heaving costumed romance.
The weft upon which the story is woven is the silk industry in England during the Tudor Plantagenet rivalries, the guild systems, and the Freewomen of London that kept all the posh people sparkly.
The writing style wasn't florid, the research was solid and I truly do love a novel that teaches all kinds of trivia about a industry or art form.
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