The Tapestry of Time By Kate Heartfield
The Sharp sisters Kit Ivy Rose and Helen possess the Second Sight the ability to glimpse past and future events and fragments of other people s lives They share it with their father a recluse scholar obsessed with the theory that the Bayeux Tapestry is not a record of historical events but a prophesy. The sisters extraordinary powers come to light as WW2 breaks out Kit working as an archivist in Paris sees a ghostly image of Ivy and finds out that she was dropped into France on a special mission and promptly vanished As Ivy and Kit struggle to survive in the war torn France and the rest of the family in England gets plagued by the strange visions and premonitions it becomes clear that their destiny and their visions are connected with the tapestry Unfortunately the Nazis are aware of its power and believe it could aid them in the invasion of Britain. What follows is a very adventurous and immersive war story that occasionally reminded me of Kate Atkinson s books It is filled with beautiful incredibly well researched historical details fascinating tidbits about WW2 solid three dimensional characters and just a touch of the uncanny enough to pull the story threads together without making them implausible. I am a fan of Heartfield s writing so I wasn t surprised by her skilful blending of history and fantasy but it was a pleasure to see that she can do it equally well in the 18th cenury France and Italy the 5th century Burgundian kingdom and the WW2 France and England. Thanks to the author and the publisher for the ARC Kate Heartfield Hi everyone I just want to link here to the content note for The Tapestry of Time and say thank you for reading this book Kate Heartfield After a bit of a slow start this story morphed into something that really grabbed me Besides the engrossing and inventive storyline the attention to detail is great the dialogue and tone fits the place and time very well I can clearly see these gels doing their bit for king and country The style of writing put me in mind of Tim Powers with a similar seamless intermingling of historical facts and supernatural surprises Kate Heartfield I had the pleasure of reading an advance copy courtesy of the author This WWII thriller mixes psychic spies four sisters and the Bayeux Tapestry in a surprisingly fiendish suspense story with a number of cozy interludes exactly my cup of tea While it s a standalone novel there s plenty of characters who deserve a second or third tale Kate Heartfield
Love heroism and the supernatural collide in the midst of war There s a tradition in the Sharp family that some possess the Second Sight But is it superstition or true psychic power Kit Sharp is in Paris where she is involved in a love affair with the stunning Evelyn Larsen and working as an archivist having inherited her historian father s fascination with the Bayeux Tapestry He believes that parts of the tapestry were made before 1066 and that it was a tool for prediction not a simple record of events The Nazis are also obsessed with the convinced that not only did it predict the Norman Conquest of England but that it will aid them in their invasion of Britain Ivy Sharp has joined the Special Operations Executive the SOE a secret unit set up to carry out espionage sabotage and reconnaissance Having demonstrated that she has extraordinary powers of perception she is dropped into Northern France on a special mission With the war on a knife edge the Sharp Sisters face certain death Can their courage and extrasensory gifts prevent the enemy from using the tapestry to bring about a devastating victory against the Allied Forces The Tapestry of TimeKate Heartfield is the author of The Embroidered Book a Sunday Times bestselling historical fantasy novel published in 2022 which won the Aurora Award and was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award The Valkyrie published in 2023 is a retelling of Norse and Germanic legends Her Alice Payne time travel novellas were published in 2018 and 2019 Her debut novel Armed in Her Fashion 2018 won Canada s Aurora Award and was re published in a revised edition in 2023 as The Chatelaine She also writes interactive fiction including The Road to Canterbury and The Magicians Workshop published by Choice of Games She has published two Assassins Creed tie in novels The Magus Conspiracy and The Resurrection Plot Her short fiction has been sh Kate Heartfield is the author of The Embroidered Book a Sunday Times bestselling historical fantasy novel published in 2022 which won the Aurora Award and was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award The Valkyrie published in 2023 is a retelling of Norse and Germanic legends Her Alice Payne time travel novellas were published in 2018 and 2019 Her debut novel Armed in Her Fashion 2018 won Canada s Aurora Award and was re published in a revised edition in 2023 as The Chatelaine She also writes interactive fiction including The Road to Canterbury and The Magician s Workshop published by Choice of Games She has published two Assassin s Creed tie in novels The Magus Conspiracy and The Resurrection Plot Her short fiction has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Nebula Locus Aurora Sunburst and Crawford awards and her journalism for a National Newspaper Award Her short stories have appeared in Strange Horizons Lackington s Podcastle and elsewhere A former newspaper journalist Kate lives near Ottawa Canada site_link
.: A highly immersive story with amazing historical details and assured writing