‘Liz Trenow sews together the strands of past and present as delicately as the exquisite stitching on the quilt which forms the centrepiece of the story’
LUCINDA RILEY
‘Extraordinary, fascinating . . . deeply rooted in history’
Midweek, BBC Radio 4
‘What a delicious read The Silk Weaver is. I was enchanted by this novel set in eighteenth-century Spitalfields; meticulously researched, richly detailed, the brilliantly structured story shimmered as the threads of silk wound through its pages. I devoured it in two days and was gripped from start to finish. The characters shine too and Anna is an absolute triumph. A fabulous book’
DINAH JEFFERIES
‘Liz Trenow draws us in so that we inhabit her world, and it was a wrench to put the book down after the last beautifully written page’
GILL PAUL
‘Totally fascinating . . . a book to savour’
KATE FURNIVALL
‘Push back the gorgeous brocade curtains of The Silk Weaver’s period detail and romance and you find a window on eighteenth-century London that, with its prejudice and divisions, is surprisingly pertinent today’
KATE RIORDAN
‘I absolutely loved The Silk Weaver. Liz writes beautifully, and I adored the characters of Anna and Henri – their love was so delicately and believably evoked. The background motifs of the silks and the floral designs, and the political/social context which made their relationship so difficult, are also brilliantly done. I really couldn’t wait to get back to it each evening’
TRACY REES
‘An assured debut with a page-turning conclusion’
Daily Express
‘A novel about the human spirit – Liz Trenow paints with able prose a picture of the prejudices that bind us and the love that sets us free . . . Splendid’
PAM JENOFF
‘An intriguing patchwork of past and present, upstairs and downstairs, hope and despair’
DAISY GOODWIN
‘The aftermath of war can be ferocious. This gentle and thoughtful story concentrates on the positives, without ignoring the destruction and pain of an epic conflict’
Daily Mail