Clare Hunter has been a banner-maker, community textile artist and textile curator for over twenty years and established the community enterprise NeedleWorks in Glasgow. Her first book, Threads of Life, won the Saltire First Book Award, was a Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month and a Radio 4 Book of the Week.
In this charmed feat of imagination and learning, the
beauties and disasters of Mary Stuart's life unfold again, and her
nimble brain and fingers are alive. It is a personal project,
with the flavour of a memoir, but dense with fascinating
information that the less inspired might miss. Clare Hunter is
at ease in this glittering, alien world, and moves through it as a
woman, with Mary's 'joyouestie' in mind as well as her suffering.
-- Hilary Mantel (January 2022)
[A] densely packed, elegantly written book... Embroidering Her
Truth is another brilliant achievement of top tier Scottish
non-fiction. It's an additional pleasure to read historical
biography sourcing so many expert women. * The Scotsman *
Select praise for THREADS OF LIFE:
An astonishing feat * Sunday Times *
Triumphant * Mail on Sunday *
An inspiring and moving sideways look at history * Sunday Express
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Astonishing . . . so well written * Times Literary Supplement *
A beautifully considered book . . .Clare Hunter has managed to mix
the personal with the political with moving results' -- Tracy
Chevalier
With her engaging style, [Hunter] offers a tantalising glimpse into
Mary's world through the prism of the textiles that surrounded
her...Throughout the book, Hunter's passion, knowledge and
experience of working with textiles shine through... Hunter's
approach of memoir blended with history and material culture
captivates the reader from the first page and enthrals to the last.
* BBC History Magazine *
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