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The dressmaker

3.3/ 5
4 ratings

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Tess, an aspiring seamstress, is stunned at her luck when the famous designer Lady Lucile Duff Gordon hires her to be a personal maid on the Titanic's maiden voyage. When disaster strikes, Tess is one of the last people allowed on a lifeboat - her employer also survives. On dry land, savage rumours begin to circulate: did Lady Duff Gordon save herself at the expense of others? Tess's dream of becoming a skilled dressmaker is within her grasp but now she is faced with a terrible choice. Suddenly she finds herself torn between loyalty to the fiery woman who could help her realise her ambitions and the devastating truth that her mentor may not be all she seems ...

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Women dressmakersFictionShipwreck survivalEnglishTitanic (Steamship)Large type booksFiction, romance, historicalFiction, historical, generalSurvival after airplane accidents, shipwrecksScandalsMan-woman relationshipsLove

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Book Details

First Published

1960

Pages

352 pages

Rating

3.3 / 5

Ratings

4

Editions

10

Publisher

Doubleday Books

Language

ENG

Status

Published

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