Book description
Mar a Due as's million copy best-selling tale of adventure,
tragedy, love and war, The Seamstress, a Richard and Judy 2012
book club pick.
Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war.
Aged twelve, Sira Quiroga was apprenticed to a Madrid dressmaker. As
she masters the seamstress's art, her life seems to be clearly mapped
out - until she falls passionately in love and flees with her
seductive lover.
But in Morocco she is betrayed and left penniless. As civil war
engulfs Spain, Sira finds she cannot return and so turns to her one
true skill - and sews beautiful clothes for the expat elite and their
German friends.
With Europe rumbling towards war, Sira is lured back to Franco's
Nazis-friendly Spain. She is drawn into the shadowy world of
espionage, rife with love, intrigue and betrayal.
And where the greatest danger lies. . .
'Mar a Due as is a true storyteller. Read this book and prepare to
be transported' Kate Morton, author of The House at Riverton
'A wonderful novel with intrigue, love, mystery and tender,
audacious and clean-cut characters' Mario Vargas Llosa
'A magnificent novel that flawlessly brings together history and
intrigue' Juan G mez-Jurado, author of The Moses Expedition
Mar a Due as holds a PhD in English Philology and is currently a
professor at the University of Murcia. She has also taught at American
universities, is the author of several academic articles, and has
participated in various educational, cultural and editorial projects.
She is currently writing her second novel.
Mar a Due as holds a PhD in English Philology and is currently a
professor at the University of Murcia. She has also taught at American
universities, is the author of several academic articles, and has
participated in various educational, cultural and editorial projects.
She is currently writing her second novel.
