Embroidering Her Truth - by Clare Hunter (Paperback)

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I felt that Mary was there, pulling at my sleeve, willing me to appreciate the artistry, wanting me to understand the dazzle of the material world that shaped her.
About the Author: Clare Hunter has been a banner-maker, community textile artist and textile curator for over twenty years and established the community enterprise NeedleWorks in Glasgow.
416 Pages
History, Europe

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I felt that Mary was there, pulling at my sleeve, willing me to appreciate the artistry, wanting me to understand the dazzle of the material world that shaped her.

At her execution Mary, Queen of Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and passion, it was in fact worn by Mary as the Catholic symbol of martyrdom.

In sixteenth-century Europe women's voices were suppressed and silenced. Even for a queen like Mary, her prime duty was to bear sons. In an age when textiles expressed power, Mary exploited them to emphasise her female agency. From her lavishly embroidered gowns as the prospective wife of the French Dauphin to the fashion dolls she used to encourage a Marian style at the Scottish court and the subversive messages she embroidered in captivity for her supporters, Mary used textiles to advance her political agenda, affirm her royal lineage and tell her own story.

In this eloquent cultural biography, Clare Hunter exquisitely blends history, politics and memoir to tell the story of a queen in her own voice.

About the Author

Clare Hunter has been a banner-maker, community textile artist and textile curator for over twenty years and established the community enterprise NeedleWorks in Glasgow. Her first book, Threads of Life, won the Saltire First Book Award, was a Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month and a Radio 4 Book of the Week.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.81 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x 1.05 Inches (D)

Weight: .7 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 416

Genre: History

Sub-Genre: Europe

Publisher: Sceptre

Theme: Great Britain

Format: Paperback

Author: Clare Hunter

Language: English

Street Date: September 26, 2023

TCIN: 88165672

UPC: 9781529346282

Item Number (DPCI): 247-45-6976

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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