September 2026 archive

Rose Lok’s Tale: silk thread and subversion

Rose Lok lived to be a very old lady.  For a Londoner born in the reign of Henry VIII, to attain the age of eighty-six was in itself an extraordinary achievement.  And Rose lived an extraordinary life.  She grew up in a house off Cheapside in the heart of Tudor London, one of nineteen children …

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