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The Silken Secret
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A secret connected with silk manufacture draws young protagonists into rivalry between skilled workers, entrepreneurs and those determined to control a valuable new process. The danger follows the movement of knowledge from continental workshops to England.
The novel presents industrialisation as a contest over labour, technology and intellectual property rather than an impersonal sequence of inventions. It highlights the risks faced by artisans when production methods became objects of national competition.
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