Book cover of The Blue

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'Nancy Bilyeau's passion for history infuses her books' - Alison Weir

In eighteenth century London, porcelain is the most seductive of commodities. Fortunes are made and lost upon it. Kings do battle with knights and knaves for possession of the finest pieces and the secrets of their manufacture.

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1 author picked The Blue as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A gripping read centred on a race between England and France in the 18th century to invent - or steal - a magical formula to create an iridiscent blue to decorate porcelain. The books contains fascinating details about the lives of the Huguenot community in London in the 1700s, as well as the fashion for porcelain among the upper classes. An unusual and entertaining read.

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