This book is a fictionalized account of the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker Elizabeth "Lizzie" Keckley, a former slave who became a trusted witness to the private moments of the Lincoln family.

"A tale rich in color, character, and vivid historical detail, When we were strangers chronicles the tumultuous life journey of a young immigrant seamstress, as she travels from her isolated Italian mountain village through the dark corners of late nineteenth century America."--from publisher's description.

Tess, an aspiring seamstress, thinks she's had an incredibly lucky break when she is hired by famous designer Lady Lucile Duff Gordon to be a personal maid on the Titanic's doomed voyage. Once on board, Tess catches the eye of two men, one a roughly hewn but kind sailor and the other an enigmatic Chicago millionaire. But on the fourth night, disaster strikes.

En la segunda temporada, abundan los besos robados y los arrebatos celosos. Si bien las mujeres m?s ricas y bellas de Espa?a siguen siendo atra?das por la sensualidad de las prendas de Velvet Galleries, la seducci?n es lo que parece impulsar la gesti?n altamente competitiva de la tienda. Alberto, heredero de la fortuna Velvet, se ha casado con una mundana en lugar de con Ana, el amor de su vida. Ella tambi?n es consciente de que su bajo rango de costurera...

En la cuarta temporada, han pasado los a?os, y las Galer?as Velvet contin?an siendo el foco de la moda y el gusto. Sin embargo, las mujeres de la d?cada de 1960 ya no se contentan con so?ar con ropa inasequible, pero demandan ropa de calidad. La tienda no puede darse el lujo de atender exclusivamente a los ricos. A medida que comienza la temporada, la dise?adora Ana se prepara para exponer moda lista para usar en Velvet. Cristina arrepentida regresa...

"Nineteenth-century Bangor, known as the Queen City, is a city of sharp contrasts--from the elegant mansions of Broadway, built from lumber fortunes and bootlegged alcohol money to the poverty-stricken Joppa neighborhood lined with taverns and frequented by desperate men and "fallen women." To survive, Maude, a headstrong midwife, Fanny, the rags-to-riches housemistress of the infamous Pink Chimneys brothel, and Elizabeth, an orphaned, demure seamstress,...

"In 1882, less than ten years after the Northern Pacific Railroad established a terminus on Commencement Bay and helped create a city called New Tacoma, the community is thriving. Stores, stables, a new hospital, and the beginnings of a hotel to rival San Franciscos Cliff House are going up. In town, horse-drawn street cars are pulled on gravel roads, and there is even the beginning of a new telephone system. In Nell Tanquists opinion, the town has...

For readers of Lucinda Riley, Sarah Jio, or Susan Meissner, this gripping historical debut novel tells the story of two women: one, an immigrant seamstress who disappears from San Francisco's gritty streets in 1876, and the other, a young woman in present day who must delve into the secrets of her husband's wealthy family only to discover that she and the missing dressmaker might be connected in unexpected ways. An exquisite ring, passed down through...

A bestselling Italian writer makes her American debut with this delightful dramedy of manners, family, romance, and fashion that is set on the island of Sardinia at the end of the nineteenth century-a dazzling and original literary blend of Jane Austen and Adriana Trigiani. In 1900 Sardinia, a young woman's remarkable talent with a needle earns her a position as a seamstress with a wealthy family. Inside this privileged world far different from her...

Set in the glamour of the 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and...