Blackberry and Wild Rose has the POV's of two strong-willed women in a world where women had little rights. As madam and maid, Esther and Sara both contrast and mirror each other in many ways throughout the book, all whilst both a friction and a friendship-of-sorts lingers between them/5(). “Sonia Velton’s debut novel Blackberry Wild Rose transports readers to eighteenth-century London, climbing into the garrets of the Huguenot households in Spitalfields to weave a complicated tale of class, betrayal, and the turbulent silk industry. As richly textured as the fabric brought to life on the looms of the journeymen and masters, Velton examines the role of women as wives, whores, artisans, adversaries, . ''Sonia Velton's debut novel Blackberry Wild Rose transports readers to eighteenth-century London, climbing into the garrets of the Huguenot households in Spitalfields to weave a complicated tale of class, betrayal, and the turbulent silk industry. As richly textured as the fabric brought to life on the looms of the journeymen and masters, Velton examines the role of women as wives, whores, artisans, adversaries, Reviews:
Blackberry and Wild Rose. By: Sonia Velton. Narrated by: Esther Wane, Shiromi Arserio. Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins. Unabridged Audiobook. Categories: Literature Fiction, Historical Fiction. out of 5 stars. ( ratings) Add to Cart failed. Thoughts. Blackberry and Wild Rose is an outstanding debut novel from Sonia Velton and I loved the Spitalsfields setting and it has definitely inspired me to learn more about the silk industry at that time. Although the author touches on the history of the Huguenots families who settled in Spitalsfields after fleeing France, there is still a lot of story there to be discovered and I would love. As the silk is created, their world is destroyed Set in eighteenth-century Spitalfields, London, Sonia Velton's debut novel Blackberry and Wild Rose is the rich and atmospheric tale of a household of Huguenot silk weavers as the pursuit of the perfect silk design leads them all into ambition, love, and betrayal. When Esther Thorel, wife of a master silk weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a.
Blackberry and Wild Rose, Sonia Velton There is nothing like a rich and sumptuous historical novel and the cover of Velton’s Blackberry and Wild Rose was so beautiful I had high high hopes. Possibly too high. Sonia Velton has been a solicitor in Hong Kong, a Robert Schuman Scholar in Luxembourg and spent eight years being a full-time Mum of three in Dubai. She now lives in Kent. Her first novel, BLACKBERRY AND WILD ROSE was short-listed for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize, long-listed for the HWA Debut Crown and has been optioned for film. Blackberry and Wild Rose, Sonia Velton's historical fiction debut, is based around the silk workers in s Spitalfields, London. From the alternating perspectives of Sara and Esther it illustrates the hardship and destitution present at that time.
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