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 |  Bevis Longstreth's Spindle and Bow tells a story of love, adventure and the transcendent power of art at the dawning of civilization. Set in the 5th century BC, this human drama spans some 3,000 miles, from the ancient city of Sardis at the western edge of the Persian Empire in Anatolia, to the Scythian village of Pazyryk in the Altai Mountains of what is now southwestern Siberia. Rachel, a young Sardian Jew, is a weaver of consummate skill in the royal workshop of Cyrus the Younger. Amid the opulence of the Sardian Court she meets Targitus, a Scythian prince come west to learn the closely kept secrets of gold purification. What unfolds is the imaginative braiding of two lives, thrown together by chance, but resulting in the creation of the oldest known pile carpet in existence, preserved for future generations in a frozen tomb. The carpet, now in St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum, is a towering achievement in art and weaving, unsurpassed by textiles of later years. Spindle and Bow is available in hardcover and paperback, and may be purchased via mail or fax from the publisher, Hali Publications, by printing out this order form. [Note: Form will launch in a new window and requires Adobe Reader to view.]Spindle and Bow is also available from Amazon.com: | |