Brimming with romance, betrayal, and the hidden power of women, The Embroidered Book reveals and reimagines a dazzling period of history as you have never seen it before.
'Power is not something you are given. Power is something you take. When you are a woman, it is a little more difficult, that's all'
1768. Charlotte arrives in Naples to marry a man she has never met. Two years later, her sister Antoine is sent to France to marry another stranger. In the mirrored corridors of Versailles, they rename her Marie Antoinette.
But the sisters are not powerless. When they were only children, they discovered a book of spells - spells that seem to work, with dark and unpredictable consequences.
In a world of vicious court politics, of discovery and dizzying change, they use the book to take control of their lives.
But every spell requires a sacrifice. And as love between the sisters turns to rivalry, they will send Europe spiralling into revolution.
Sprayed edge.
I seriously loved this twist on the evolution of the French Revolution and learning more about Naples during the same period. While this is a LARGE book, it reads smoothly. The politics don't bog the story down and the element of magic adds a bit of tension and intrigue to the real-history parts.
