After an accidental encounter with Marie Antoinette, poor lacemaker Isabelle is invited back to her palace to play with her daughter, but as the situation for the common man worsens on the streets and talk of revolution begins, Marie begins to fear for the safety of her royal friend with whom she has become close. Reprint.

When colonial Williamsburg explodes like a powder keg on the eve of the American Revolution, Lady Elisabeth "Liberty" Lawson is abandoned by her fiancé and suspected of being a spy for the hated British. No one comes to her aid save the Patriot Noble Rynallt, a man with formidable enemies of his own. Liberty is left with a terrible choice. Will the Virginia belle turned lacemaker side with the radical revolutionaries, or stay true to her English roots? And at what cost? Historical romance favorite Laura Frantz is back with a suspenseful story of love, betrayal, and new beginnings. With her meticulous eye for detail and her knack for creating living, breathing characters, Frantz continues to enchant historical fiction readers who long to feel they are a part of the story.

Lisa, a girl with Asperger syndrome, discovers a series of basement rooms under her friend Ben's house and spends hours exploring the remnants of a past era.

In 1567 Giacomo Birardi, a Florentine lace maker and cloth merchant, becomes a threat to Cosimo Medici's ambitions. With his wife and two of his four children Giacomo is forced to flee his home, taking only a small hoard of coins and those possessions that could be carried. The family make the dangerous journey around Europe in the late sixteenth century to find a safe place to set up a new home. They leave behind their eldest daughter with her husband and their newly born baby deemed to young for such an arduous journey.Written as a novel the story is based on the author's family mythology that Giacomo's second daughter entered a convent where she died under mysterious circumstances. As a result, the family, who were Protestant, fled Florence making their way to Paris where just escaped the St Bartholomew's Day riots eventually settling in Scotland.The story starts in Florence where in 1478 Lorenzo Birardi is recorded as a Florentine wool merchant. The author has assumes that the name Birardi becomes corrupted to Ballardie as Giacomo makes his way through Europe. The name Ballardie first appears in the Dundee Lockit Book in 1587 where a James Ballardie in noted as paying £10 to enter the closed shop of Dundee Burgees.This novel is written against the actual historical events and places of sixteenth century Europe.

In seventeenth-century France, a young woman, Gilonne Perdriel, is forced to carry on the lacemaking tradition into which she was born and which crippled her mother and grandmother, but her talent and beauty soon captivate many men

Greed, Uncertainty, and Death Get Tangled in the Mystery of a Rare Piece of Belgian Lace Curator Chloe Ellefson needs distraction from the unsettling family secret she's just learned. It doesn't help that her boyfriend, Roelke McKenna, has been troubled for weeks and won't say why. Chloe hopes a consulting job at Green Bay's Heritage Hill Historical Park, where an old Belgian-American farmhouse is being restored, will be a relaxing escape. Instead she discovers a body in a century-old bake oven. Chloe's research suggests that a rare and valuable piece of lace made its way to nearby Door County, Wisconsin, with the earliest Belgian settlers. More importantly, someone is desperate to find it. Inspired by a courageous Belgian woman who survived cholera, famine, and the Great Fire, Chloe must untangle clues to reveal secrets old and new . . . before the killer strikes again.

The front cover of each volume in the Buckskin Creek Fine Art Journals features a magnificent work of art in full color. Inside you'll find fresh blank pages of high quality paper for journaling, note taking, creative writing, sketching, list making, school compositions or simply preserving your ideas and observations. Set your creativity free with Buckskin Creek Journals and Notebooks. Perfect for personal use, they also make gorgeous gifts. Buckskin Creek Journals - Fine Art SeriesThe LacemakerJohannes VermeerNotebook/JournalCollege Ruled400 Blank Pages8x10 Inches

"A Devon lacemaker dies of a fever in 1770, leaving her children to fend for themsleves. With a crippled younger brother, Peter, eleven year old Susannah must find the determintion and the means to keep them alive. Their love for each other and the kindness of strangers creates an inspiring story of goodness and bond of humanity." ... cover.

Ted Setnikar was just four years old when his father sold him for two litres of schnapps and a handful of cigarettes. Living in servitude, he learned that most people were cruel and comfort could be found only in the company of animals and the seclusion of nature. As a youth, Ted dreamed of waking in a distant land with the freedom to decide his own fate. As a man, it became clear that survival was not enough. To have true freedom, he would have to face his tormentors. Only then could he truly begin to live. All proceeds from sales of 'The Lacemaker's Son' have been donated to the Hutt St Centre, a frontline organisation working for the homeless and disadvantaged in Ted's adopted home town: Adelaide, in South Australia.

A Queen and a peasant - this stunning new saga is the story of a young woman who must find a way to support her family and stay true to herself in the face of adversity. Just seventeen years old, Lily Rose scratches out a meagre living making lace in Devon, responsible for her siblings following the death of their parents. But opportunity beckons. Hundreds of miles away, in London, Queen Victoria is preparing for her wedding. She will wear the most exquisite wedding dress in history, bearing the famous Honiton lace. When Lily is selected as one of the few to work on this top-secret commission it is the answer to her prayers. Lily quickly makes an impression, both as an expert lacemaker and a natural leader of the women working day and night. But there are others who want to see Lily fail, including Squire Clinsden who issues her with a terrible ultimatum - work for him, and be subject to his unwanted advances, or put her loved ones at risk. Torn between her duty and her dreams of a better life, Lily must battle the odds to ensure her family's survival. This wonderful debut saga novel is perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Katie Flynn. As an Image Consultant, Linda has always had an avid interest in people. Helping them to regain their confidence after they've undergone life changing surgery is one of the most satisfying areas of her work. Linda has always loved writing stories and has been published in various magazines and annuals. Moving to the spectacular Devon coast and learning about its local history inspired her to write her first novel, The Royal Lacemaker. She loves beachcombing, finding it the perfect excuse to indulge in a spot of people watching.

Superb step-by-step guide enables even beginners to create beautiful lace according to age-old technique. Edgings, doilies, squares, petals, picots, more. Projects graded, simple to advanced. 249 illustrations. Bibliography.