Autor Dorothy Armstrong

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2025'A fascinating alternative history covering 2,500 years and a geographical span from Japan to California' NEW STATESMAN'A revelation . . .The tale of each carpet as Armstrong tells it is untidy and tragic and comical all…

A spellbinding look at the history of the world through the stories of twelve carpetsBeautiful, sensuous, and enigmatic, great carpets follow power. Emperors, shahs, sultans and samurai crave them as symbols of earthly domination. Shamans and priests…