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Francisca de Luarac, the daughter of a poor Spanish silk grower, is a dreamer of fabulous dreams. Marie Louise de Bourbon, the niece of Louis XIV, dances in slippers of fine Spanish silk in the French Court of the Sun King and imagines her own enchanted future. Born on the same day--in an age... read more

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IN A YEAR OF AMPLE RAIN, ONE HECTARE, carefully tended, would sustain enough mulberry tress to feed about one hundred and forty-four thousand silkworms.

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  1. Kathryn Harrison (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0679431403
Page Count: 319

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