Glennis Virgo

Nov 25, 2024 | writing.ie | Glennis Virgo

Author Glennis Virgo on the ‘wonderful piece of serendipity’ that led to the publication of her novel, City of Silk . . . There is a portrait in London’s National Gallery of an unnamed Italian tailor, painted by Giovanni Battista Moroni around 1570. The tailor is a handsome young man with a neat beard and he wears an ivory doublet, a narrow white ruff and a pair of magnificent puffed-out breeches in dark red.

Nov 21, 2024 | myweekly.co.uk | Linda Hill |Allison Hay |Glennis Virgo

REVIEWED BY LINDA HILLIn 1575’s Bologna, skilled seamstress Elena is determined to be a tailor, despite the fact that being a woman means the profession is unavailable to her. She’s equally determined to escape the malevolent influence of the all powerful and abusive Antonio della Fortuna. Neither task seems possible…City Of Silk: book review & synopsisCity of Silk is a wonderful debut novel. Glennis Virgo transports her readers right to the heart of sixteenth century Bologna.