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Vanora Bennett

Biography

Vanora Bennett

Vanora Bennett is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Times, The Times of London, and The Times Literary Supplement. She lives in north London.

Vanora Bennett

Books by Vanora Bennett

Figures in Silk
by Vanora Bennett

When silk merchant John Lambert marries off his two beautiful daughters‚ their fortunes are set to change forever. Elder daughter Jane starts a notorious liaison with Edward IV‚ while her sister‚ Isabel‚ as the new silkweaver to the court‚ becomes privy to its most intimate secrets. Could they hold the keys to power in this time of uncertainty?

Portrait of an Unknown Woman
by Vanora Bennett

The year is 1527. The great portraitist Hans Holbein, who has fled the reformation in Europe, is making his first trip to England under commission to Sir Thomas More. In the course of six years, Holbein will become a close friend to the More family and paint two nearly identical family portraits. But closer examination of the paintings reveals that the second holds several mysteries...