The Florentine Quilt - Couverture souple

Bellbrae, Chrissie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0648396932 ISBN 13 : 9780648396932

Editeur : Silver Magpie Press, 2025

Synopsis

Three women connected in time to a medieval quilt and an ancient tale of forbidden love.

Australian textile conservator, Theodora Harris, is grieving her grandmother's death when offered an internship to restore a medieval quilt depicting a legend steeped in Celtic folklore. While the hero Tristan is lauded in the design, his true love Isolde's story is missing. Theodora's past is incomplete too.

Theodora’s powerful connection to the quilt brings family secrets to the surface, and as each scene is restored, her attraction to the enigmatic Tristan becomes harder to deny. The threads of long lost love refuse to let her go. But the sacrifice for independence and taking control of her life is walking away from love. Theodora must trust that it doesn't mean forever.

1896: Gifted healer Amelia Treloar sails from the wild Cornish coast to join her husband in the Australian mining town of Walhalla. She should have foreseen the signs when Jago Carrick arrived at her door. A call from the past, like the path forewritten, can never be ignored. Devastating consequences await— knowing is not enough.

1875: Florence Trevelyan is exiled from Queen Victoria's court for following her heart. Idyllic Taormina, in the shadow of Mount Etna, is a haven for those who don't fit society's constraints. Florence finds solace in her beautiful garden and embraces a new life. But she'll never abandon her search to reclaim the one she left behind.

Each woman pays the price for love— and for her differences. Is the missing scene from the Florentine quilt the key to unlocking more than one woman’s forgotten story?

Praise for The Florentine Quilt
‘Breath-taking settings, strong female characters, mystery, intrigue and romance ... The Florentine Quilt has it all, and will keep you up turning the pages long after your usual bedtime.’
- Pamela Cook, author, writing coach and podcaster

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Chrissie Bellbrae's first stories were crafted playing families with dressmaking patterns at her mother's feet as the sewing machine hummed in the background. While working in education, she undertook a Fiona McIntosh Masterclass and completed her first historical fiction manuscript. She hasn't stopped writing since.Tempted to explore the rabbit holes within her own family history- Chrissie's narratives transport readers from past to present, and create more significantly interesting lives for her ancestors than they possibly ever lived. After a lifetime in the city of Melbourne, Chrissie was lured to the beauty of salt water, and acknowledges she lives and writes on the coast of Wadawurrung Country. The Florentine Quilt is her debut novel, inspired by a life-long interest in art, textiles and tales her grandmother told her. www.chrissiebellbrae.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Silver Magpie Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0648396932
• ISBN 13: 9780648396932
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 362
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg