{"product_id":"the-silk-the-sea-jan-sayer-9789083501369","title":"The Silk \u0026 The Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnraveling the Mystery of the Palmwood Wreck.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the Wadden Sea off the coast of Texel lies a seventeenth-century Dutch merchant ship with an extraordinary cargo, including a silk gown so perfectly preserved it might have been folded away yesterday. The ship has no name, only a wreck number. The dress has no owner. The cargo has no explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecovered by Dutch divers and studied by the specialists at the Kaap Skil Museum, the objects of the Palmwood Wreck have baffled historians for more than a decade. Why were these particular treasures together on one ship? Who packed them? Who lost them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the cargo back to its origins, Jan Sayer reconstructs the lives behind the wreck across two English embassies in Constantinople, separated by forty years. In 1606, Sir Thomas Glover arrives at the Sublime Porte with a new wife, a royal commission, and a political scheme that will end in disgrace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1647, as civil war consumes England, Sir Thomas Bendysh and Lady Anne sail east with their children, their servants, and a warrant for a royal bed. Waiting for them is Mehmet Çelebi, raised in the Glover household as a boy and trusted by all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA historical reimagining, a reconstruction, a breadcrumb trail; one possible answer to the question of how these fabulous things came to rest together in the sand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Sayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9083501361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789083501369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jsprintz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.82d","brand":"Jan Sayer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084244951295,"sku":"9789083501369","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-silk-the-sea-jan-sayer-9789083501369","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}