The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries are a set of six medieval works of art. Beautiful, intricate and expertly made, they are also mysterious in their origin and meaning. Weavers, patrons, designers, artists, merchants and apprentices...
Textile industry
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Author:Chevalier, TracySummary: -
Author:Brontë, CharlotteSummary:1812. Du fait des guerres napoléoniennes, la province du Yorkshire subit la première dépression industrielle de l'Histoire. Les temps sont durs, aussi bien pour les patrons que pour les ouvriers qui, menacés par l'...
- Author:Gaskell, Elizabeth CleghornSummary:
Before Elizabeth Gaskell's famous North and South and Cranford, there was Mary Barton. Set in Manchester England in the mid-nineteenth century, Mary Barton was revolutionary in the way it tackled the relationship between poor mill...
- Author:Peterson, Tracie, Miller, JudithSummary:
Jasmine Wainwright never expected her father to include her in a deal to sell off the plantation. Moving to Massachusetts as a new wife, she must look to God's grace for help to withstand an unloving husband.
- Author:Peterson, Tracie, Miller, JudithSummary:
Young and recently widowed, Jasmine Houston confronts the vital issues of freedom and slavery, love and hate, life and death. As Jasmine's opposition to slavery grows and her friendship with her bachelor brother-in-law Nolan deepens,...
