First published 2014
Follow the golden thread of fabric through millennia, from the ancient cave floors of Georgia to the high-tech textiles that protected astronauts on the moon. Kassia St. Clair weaves a spellbinding tale of how the invention and reinvention of cloth has driven human ingenuity, survival, and conquest. Witness Chinese empresses, Viking voyagers, and freedom fighters escaping slavery, all united by the power of fabric to shape our world. This unforgettable adventure through the past, present, and future of textiles reveals the surprising ways that cloth has woven itself into the very fabric of the human experience.
Genres: history, science, non-fiction, technology
Vibes: lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: historical-nonfiction
Setting: Georgia, Moon
Period: Ancient, 20th Century, 21st Century
336 pages · Hardcover · John Murray Publishers Ltd