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Author: Liz Trenow

📘 The Forgotten Seamstress by Liz Trenow

The novel interweaves the lives of Maria, a seamstress who earned a coveted position in the sewing room of Buckingham Palace, and Caroline Meadows, a modern woman who discovers a delicate quilt in her mother’s attic. Maria’s world—rich with the pomp of the royal household and the looming shadow of World War I—takes a dramatic turn when she attracts the attention of the Prince of Wales, whose glamorous and passionate demeanor changes the course of her life. Decades later, Caroline is drawn into Maria’s past when she cannot decipher the embroidered message concealed within the quilt’s lining. Her quest to unravel the mystery takes her deep into the quiet corridors of history, exposing the hidden threads that bind duty, love, and destiny inside the walls of one of Britain’s most iconic homes.

First publish date: 2013

Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction

Authors: Liz Trenow

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