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The Dressmaker

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781444708165

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Genre: Fiction & Related Items

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Forced from her father’s humble Norfolk vicarage, Ellen Gowan finds herself in an unforgiving London. 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. Toiling first in an east-end factory, she finally opens her own salon in Berkeley Square. One single dress, a ball gown created for the enigmatic Countess of Hawksmoor, transforms Ellen’s fortunes, and as the years pass, her business thrives.

She tells the world – and her daughter – she’s a widow. But then Raoul de Valentin returns and threatens to destroy all that Ellen has achieved.

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The sequel to THE INNOCENT and every bit as good, with its richly detailed settings, intrigue, adventure and sizzling love affair between King Edward and Lady Anne.
<i>Australian Women's Weekly</i> on THE EXILED
Historical fiction gallops to new heights in this debut tale of intrigue, lust and betrayal.
<i>Woman's Own</i> on THE INNOCENT
The reader is taken on a galloping ride through the Middle Ages and the shaky reign of Edward IV, the love of Anne's life. There's lust, conspiracy and impressive historical detail to set the scene.
<i>Daily Telegraph, Sydney</i> on THE INNOCENT
Posie Graeme-Evans' masterful prose brings vividly to life the colours, sounds, smells and sights of a romantic and thrilling period in history.
<i>Sydney Weekly Courier</i> on THE EXILED