The Seamstress
- ISBN-10
- 0670920037
- ISBN-13
- 9780670920037
- Series
- The Seamstress
- Category
- Spain
- Pages
- 845
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-08
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Author
- Maria Duenas
Description
Sira Quiroga leaves Madrid for love only to be left pregnant and penniless by her lover. She falls back on sewing and soon becomes aware of the gossip of women about their lovers and husbands, a position very valuable to the British secret service.
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