The Gown
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USA Today Bestseller!
A Real Simple Best Historical Fiction novels of the year!
"The Gown is marvelous and moving, a vivid portrait of female self-reliance in a world racked by the cost of war."--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
From the internationally bestselling author of…
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1 author picked The Gown as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I have long been fascinated by the stories of those people working behind the scenes of well-known historical events, the ordinary people whose tales are so often neglected.
I am an embroiderer and so found this novel about two young women in post-war London working for the famous couturier Norman Hartnell, very touching. Whilst a fictional account, the author undertook wonderful research to learn about the embroiderers who worked for Hartnell in the creation of Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding gown in 1947.
This is the story of two of them, told through fragments of fabric, something very close to my…
From Kate's list on featuring fashion.
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