Ruins in Silk – Prequel to Sophie’s War Novels

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Her mother’s death was the first in a series of unimaginable tragedies…

Italy, 1906. Sophie Romano’s excitement at the prospect of moving to Britain with her parents, belies the many tragedies that are about to change her young life. The family’s silk business, a silk farm in Italy and a mill in Britain thrive as British society scrambles to wear Romano Silk. A bright, intelligent women, the son he never had, her father encourages Sophie to learn the business, unusual for Edwardian time.