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  • Figures in Silk

  • By: Vanora Bennett
  • Narrated by: Lucy Scott
  • Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (35 ratings)

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Figures in Silk

By: Vanora Bennett
Narrated by: Lucy Scott
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Publisher's summary

As the Wars of the Roses draw slowly to a close, England is a place of turmoil. Edward IV is on the throne but his position is unstable and he finds himself challenged by a man who could become Henry VII. But Isabel, a silk weaver to the court and mistress to Richard III, can cut through the turmoil with her clever ways and her pretty smile. Her sister Jane is mistress to Edward IV. Could they hold the power?

Vanora Bennett brings to life a time of passions and politics, a time of turmoil and tension. A world in flux and a country up fro grabs.

©2009 Vanora Bennett (P)2009 Oakhill Publishing Ltd
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...But the audio quality of some of these older books isn’t very good. I listened to this many years ago and I don’t remember the audio annoying me as much. This may be due to not having much to compare it to back then? I find now I can no longer listen to even slightly distorted audio I really like clean clear crisp audio. However I do remember liking this story at the time. Who knows sorry I know my reviews are useless.

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Thank goodness for the fast forward button

I can’t figure out what this books wants to be…but it isn’t good. At the beginning I thought it might be a religious story, but these two teenage girls “sold” into marriage by their father appear to enjoy sex too much for that. Then it’s going to be about the intrepid heroine becoming an empowered businesswoman (hardly likely in the 1400s). I did have hopes that I might learn something about the silk industry, but that storyline is really just background texture. Nope, this story is about a weak woman masquerading as a strong woman who is desperate to stay the mistress of an evil tyrant who doesn’t even seem to care about her. Maybe it all comes together in the end, but I just can't get there with this book.

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