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The Silk House

By: Kayte Nunn
Narrated by: Amanda McKay
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An enchanting mystery kept hidden for hundreds of years...

1700s

Rowan Caswell leaves her village to work at the home of an English silk merchant. Very soon, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous world, where her talent for herbs and healing starts to attract unwanted attention.

Mary-Louise Stephenson dreams of becoming a silk designer, a path that has remained largely forbidden to women. A length of fabric she weaves with a pattern of deadly flowers will have shocking consequences for all who dwell at the Silk House.

Present Day

Thea Rust arrives at an exclusive boarding school in the British countryside to look after the first intake of girls in its history. She is to stay with them in the Silk House, a converted silk factory from the 18th century, where the shadows hide secrets waiting to be discovered...

©2021 Kayte Nunn (P)2021 Orion Publishing Group Alternative & Complementary Medicine Europe Fantasy Fiction Great Britain Herbal Remedies Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Women's Fiction Paranormal
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Good story and characters in the historical context. Liked the house as a setting for both past and present events. Sadly spoilt by poor narration

Poor presentation

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Loved the chapters linking past and present, loved the historical parts especially. Liked the narration. Felt it ended very quickly, like I’d missed a bit and had to go back. But overall very good

Loved the story, gripping and magical

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I did enjoy this story and liked the characters, and the way it was building. Back and forth in time and interesting, spooky and well told, but when the end came it was a bit of a damp squib for me, there’s a twist but the end seemed a bit hurried and I would have liked it to have had a little more atmosphere. At one point near the end, when the narrator says ‘there was a cry but it wasn’t human’, she then says ‘wow’ which I don’t think was in the book and wasn’t picked up in editing! So even she was expecting something a bit more exciting.....

Started well but didn’t quite deliver

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Love the sorry and the way past and present intertwine.

Performance is somewhat slightly disappointing.

Great story. All right performance.

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Very clearly read. intriguing story woven with history
Easy listening, enjoyed this book very much.

Good read

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