A beautiful, vividly written, historical murder mystery based around the lives of a group of the 30,000 convict women shipped to Australia in the 1840s. The inspiration for this story came from a 3m sq quilt, called The Rajah Quilt, created by these women and consisting of 2,815 hand sown patchworks! Weaving death, love and adventure the evocative story will transport you to the sun-baked decks of the convict ship Rajah and into the lives of these extraordinary women.
'The day was dove grey, and silk. A melancholic cloth that whispered and rustled. Who could say what it foretold.' Dublin, 1840: Rhia Mahoney watches in despair as her father's linen warehouse goes up in flames.
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'The day was dove grey, and silk. A melancholic cloth that whispered and rustled.
The Silver Thread features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Family Drama, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations, General Fiction
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The Silver Thread was written by Kylie Fitzpatrick and published by Head of Zeus
The Silver Thread has 488 pages
