By the King's Design [electronic resource]
Christine Trent2012
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"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 hersel...
Main title:
By the King's Design [electronic resource] / Christine Trent
Author:
Christine Trent, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Kensington Books, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780758278050
Language:
English
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BRN:
434710
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