Threads of Empire: A History of the World in Twelve Carpets by Dorothy Armstrong #foliosociety These women shared in a

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Threads of Empire: A History of the World in Twelve Carpets by Dorothy Armstrong #foliosociety These women shared in aA 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 at once' TESSA HADLEY On the saddles of warlords, draping the walls of palaces, under the feet of presidents, dictators and religious leaders: where there is power, there have been carpets. Threads of