María Dueñas

Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war. Aged twelve, Sira Quiroga was apprenticed to a Madrid dressmaker. As she masters the seamstress's art, her life seems to be clearly mapped out - until she falls passionately in love and flees with her seductive lover. She is drawn into the shadowy world of espionage, rife with love, intrigue and betrayal. And that's where the greatest danger lies. . .