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Graeme-Evans, Posie.
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Women fashion designers -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Graeme-Evans, Posie.
Women fashion designers -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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The
dressmaker
: a
novel
/ Posie Graeme-Evans.
by
Graeme-Evans, Posie.
Atria Paperback, c2010.
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FICTION GRA
Subjects
Women fashion designers -- Fiction.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780743294423 (trade pbk.)
0743294424 (trade pbk.)
Edition:
1st Atria Paperback ed.
Description:
443 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"An Atria paperback original"--Back cover.
Includes an Atria paperback readers club guide.
Summary:
"Raised in rural Norfolk, Ellen Gowan's childhood was poor but blessed with affection. Resilience, spirit, and one great talent will eventually carry her far from her humble beginnings. In time, she will become the witty, celebrated, and very beautiful Madame Ellen,
dressmaker
to the nobility of England, the Great Six Hundred. Yet Ellen has secrets. At fifteen, she falls for Raoul de Valentin, the dangerous descendant of French aristocrats. Raoul marries Ellen for her brilliance as a designer but abandons his wife when she becomes pregnant. Determined that she and her daughter will survive, Ellen begins her long climb to success..."--p. [1].
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Historical fiction.
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