Publication City/Country: Sydney, AustraliaĪ book that has been read but is in good condition. Kayte now lives in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. The Silk House is loosely based on a house that still stands, in the town in England where she grew up. Kayte Nunn is a former book and magazine editor, and the author of four previous novels, including the international bestselling The Botanist's Daughter and The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant. Intoxicating, haunting and inspired by the author's background, The Silk House is an exceptional gothic mystery. A length of fabric she weaves with a pattern of deadly flowers will have far-reaching consequences for all who dwell in the silk house.
In London, Mary-Louise Stephenson lives amid the clatter of the weaving trade and dreams of becoming a silk designer, a job that is the domain of men. She is thrust into a new and dangerous world where her talent for herbs and healing soon attracts attention. In the late 1700s, Rowan Caswell leaves her village to work in the home of an English silk merchant. She is to stay with them in Silk House, a building with a long and troubled past. The spellbinding story of a mysterious boarding school sheltering a centuries-old secret.Īustralian history teacher Thea Rust arrives at an exclusive boarding school in the British countryside only to find that she is to look after the first intake of girls in its 150-year history.
She is to stay with them in the Silk House, a converted silk factory from the 18th century, where the shadows hide secrets waiting to be discovered. Thea Rust arrives at an exclusive boarding school in the British countryside to look after the first intake of girls in its history. 9781398700185 The Silk House 30.6000 NZD InStock /shop/books/fiction/contemporary /shop/books/fiction /shop/books 'Exquisitely written, this vivid story may just bewitch you' Woman A length of fabric she weaves with a pattern of deadly flowers will have shocking consequences for all who dwell at the Silk House. Mary-Louise Stephenson dreams of becoming a silk designer, a path that has remained largely forbidden to women. 'Exquisitely written, this vivid story may just bewitch you' Woman Very soon, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous world, where her talent for herbs and healing starts to attract unwanted attention. Rowan Caswell leaves her village to work at the home of an English silk merchant. 'Exquisitely written, this vivid story may just bewitch you' Woman's WeeklyĪn enchanting mystery kept hidden for hundreds of years.
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