Silence Factory - Signed Edition

Henry dreams of silence.A world without the clattering of carriages through cobbled streets, the distant cries of drunken brawls, the relentless ticking of the clock.Then he meets a fascinating, mysterious gentleman who sells just that. Precious silk that can drown out the clamour of the world - and everything Henry is so desperate to escape.Summoned to Sir Edward's secluded factory to try to cure his young daughter's deafness, Henry is soon drawn deeper and deeper into the origins of this otherworldly gift: a gift that has travelled from ancient Mediterranean glades to English libraries.Ignoring repeated warnings from the girl's secretive governess, he allows himself to fall under the spell of Sir Edward and his silk... but when he learns its true cost, will it be too late to turn back?

Henry viseaza la tacere. O lume fara zgomot de trasuri pe strazi pietruite, strigatele indepartate ale certurilor de betivi, ticaitul necrutator al ceasului. Apoi intalneste un domn fascinant si misterios care vinde tocmai asta. Matase pretioasa care poate ineca zgomotul lumii - si tot ceea ce Henry este atat de disperat sa scape. Chemat la fabrica retrasa a lui Sir Edward pentru a incerca sa vindece surditatea tinerei sale fiice, Henry este in curand atras din ce in ce mai adanc in originile acestui dar de alta lume. : un cadou care a calatorit de la poienile antice mediteraneene la bibliotecile engleze. Ignorand avertismentele repetate de la guvernanta secreta a fetei, el se lasa sa cada sub vraja lui Sir Edward si matasea lui...