📗 Libro en inglés THE GOLDEN THREAD

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Fascinating The history of the world through the eye of a needle I recommend this book to anyone THE SPECTATOR A charming absorbing and history that takes us on a journey from the silk roads to sportswear from ruffs to spacesuits I devoured this quietly feminist book SUNDAY TIMES Joyful and beautiful NATURE Will make you rethink your relationship with fabric ELLE DECORATION All textiles begin with a twist From colourful 30 000 year old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to what the linen wrappings of Tutankhamun s mummy actually meant from the Silk Roads to the woollen sails that helped the Vikings reach America 700 years before Columbus from the lace ruffs that infuriated the puritans to the Indian calicoes and chintzes that powered the Industrial Revolution our continuing reinvention of cloth tells fascinating stories of human ingenuity When we talk of lives hanging by a thread being interwoven or part of the social fabric we are part of a tradition that stretches back many thousands of years Fabric has allowed us to achieve extraordinary things and survive in unlikely places and this book shows you how and why With a cast that includes Chinese empresses Richard the Lionheart