In honor the Virtual Book Tour for author Christine Trent, Passages to the Past is hosting an international giveaway for one copy of her latest novel, By the King's Design!
To see the tour schedule, click HERE.
by Christine Trent
Publication Date: January 31, 2012
Kensington Publishing
384p
SYNOPSIS
Strong-willed Annabelle Stirling is more than capable of running the family draper shop after the untimely death of her parents. Under her father's tutelage, she became a talented cloth merchant, while her brother Wesley, the true heir, was busy philandering about Yorkshire. Knowing she must change with the times to survive, Belle installs new machinery that finishes twice the fabric in half the time it takes by hand. But not everyone is so enthusiastic.
Soon, riled up by Belle's competitors, the outmoded workers seek violent revenge. Her shop destroyed, Belle travels to London to seek redress from Parliament. While there, the Prince Regent, future King George IV, commissions her to provide fabrics for his Royal Pavilion. As Belle's renown spreads, she meets handsome cabinetmaker Putnam Boyce, but worries that marriage will mean sacrificing her now flourishing shop. And after Wesley plots to kidnap the newly-crowned King--whose indiscretions are surfacing--she finds herself entangled in a duplicitous world of shifting allegiances.
Painting a vivid portrait of life in the British Regency, Christine Trent spins a harrowing tale of ambition, vengeance, love, and complex loyalties against the dynamic backdrop of the early Industrial Revolution.
Read an excerpt HERE.
Kensington Publishing
384p
SYNOPSIS
Strong-willed Annabelle Stirling is more than capable of running the family draper shop after the untimely death of her parents. Under her father's tutelage, she became a talented cloth merchant, while her brother Wesley, the true heir, was busy philandering about Yorkshire. Knowing she must change with the times to survive, Belle installs new machinery that finishes twice the fabric in half the time it takes by hand. But not everyone is so enthusiastic.
Soon, riled up by Belle's competitors, the outmoded workers seek violent revenge. Her shop destroyed, Belle travels to London to seek redress from Parliament. While there, the Prince Regent, future King George IV, commissions her to provide fabrics for his Royal Pavilion. As Belle's renown spreads, she meets handsome cabinetmaker Putnam Boyce, but worries that marriage will mean sacrificing her now flourishing shop. And after Wesley plots to kidnap the newly-crowned King--whose indiscretions are surfacing--she finds herself entangled in a duplicitous world of shifting allegiances.
Painting a vivid portrait of life in the British Regency, Christine Trent spins a harrowing tale of ambition, vengeance, love, and complex loyalties against the dynamic backdrop of the early Industrial Revolution.
Read an excerpt HERE.
Christine Trent writes historical fiction from her two-story home library. She lives with her wonderful bookshelf-building husband, four precocious cats, a large doll collection, entirely too many fountain pens, and over 4,000 fully cataloged books. She and her husband are active travelers and journey regularly to England to conduct book research at historic sites.
Christine Trent's novels include The Queen's Dollmaker and A Royal Likeness. She is currently working on her 4th novel, Lady of Ashes, which will be released in 2013.
For more information, please visit Christine Trent's WEBSITE.
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Thank you for making this awesome giveaway international! By the King's Design sounds really good.
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I would love to read a modern novelist's take on everyday people in Regency England. Jane Austen is of course The Master but I want to know a working woman's perspective on life during the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Please enter me. Thanks.
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The industrial revolution sounds like a wonderful time period for a historical novel.
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Wow, it's been awhile since I've entered a giveaway on your blog! Thanks for the chance. I really want to read this.
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This book sounds amazing! A must read! Thank s for the giveaway!
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This sounds like a book I would simply "eat up!" I love sumptuous fabrics, intricate design and sewing and am intrigued by the beautiful fashions of the English aristocracy. All that AND a delicious story that combines a strong-willed woman fighting to be recognized for her rights and talents and I'm smiling just at the thought of reading BY THE KING'S DESIGN. Thank you for the great synopsis. I cannot wait to read it!
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The Industrial Revoltion is an exciting period to read about best it changed culture, almost everything for people so far. I especially love that it is a family drapery business in the book.
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I would love to win a copy of this book. It has been on my wishlist since I first heard mention of it!
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I'd really love to read this book. Last year, I read Vanora Bennett's "Figures In Silk" which was about silkwomen in late medieval London and really enjoyed the details of the silk industry. I certainly think that I would find "By the King's Design" interesting also in that it both revolves around a similar industry, and takes place during a time of great change in English society. So, please sign me up! Thanks!
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