Watermark - Vanitha Sankaran (2010)
Set in the Middle Ages, in Norbonne France, we meet Auda, an albino girl who has been maimed at birth and is mute. Living with her father, she assists him in his business, making and selling paper. It's production begins the threaten the stronghold of the church, as the rich are now able to buy paper and copy stories and the Bible, causing anger and accusations of witchcraft in the town.
I enjoyed this book, at the authors ability to make Auda believable and one that I cared enough about to find out what happened to her. I feel a bit over the Tudor historical fiction genre, and are keen to read about other periods of history, and the combination of a good story and some historical facts about papermaking make it an arresting tale. 3/5
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