false 2873264 10 In an expensive London restaurant Julia Lovat receives a gift that will change her life. It appears to be a book of exquisite 17th-century embroidery patterns but on closer examination Julia finds it also contains faint diary entries. In these, Cat Tregenna, an embroideress, tells how she and others were stolen out of a Cornish church in 1625 by Muslim pirates and taken on a brutal voyage to Morocco to be auctioned off as slaves. Captivated by this dramatic discovery, Julia sets off to North Africa to determine the authenticity of the book and to uncover more of Cat's story. There, in the company of a charismatic Moroccan guide, amid the sultry heat, the spice markets, and exotic ruins, Julia discovers buried secrets. And in Morocco, just as Cat did before her, she loses her heart. Almost 400 years apart, the stories of the two women converge in an extraordinary and haunting manner that will make readers wonder - is history fated to repeat itself? 2899427 6 5 2008 The Tenth Gift total:396|5:78|4:174|3:108|2:25|1:11| 396 1471 757 159 4 5 false false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 10 14:11:44 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 22:21:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 08:10:05 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 19:43:37 -0700 2008 One thing supremely irritated me and ruined the book for me. This is not a spoiler just a pet peeve. So the m...more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 10:53:26 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 10:54:27 -0700 2008
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This one was for my bookclub. Generally speaking, if it’s historical fiction, my bookclub will want to read it. Generally this genre makes me a little wary. While there have been several books of this type that I’ve enjoyed, they tend to be a bit formulaic.

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The book was enjoyable, and the two narrators were quite good. It was a good story, but although it is base...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2873264