The Silk House: The thrilling new historical novel from the bestselling author of The Botanist's Daughter

by Kayte Nunn

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'Exquisitely written, this vivid story may just bewitch you'
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An enchanting mystery kept hidden for hundreds of years...

1700s

Rowan Caswell leaves her village to work at the home of an English silk merchant. Very soon, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous world, where her talent for herbs and healing starts to attract unwanted attention.

Mary-Louise Stephenson dreams of becoming a silk designer, a path that has remained largely forbidden to women. A length of fabric she weaves with a pattern of deadly flowers will have shocking consequences for all who dwell at the Silk House.

Present Day

Thea Rust
arrives at an exclusive boarding school in the British countryside to look after the first intake of girls in its 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...
  • ISBN10 1398700185
  • ISBN13 9781398700185
  • Publish Date 21 January 2021 (first published 30 June 2020)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Orion Publishing Co
  • Imprint Orion
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 384
  • Language English