1635: The Weaver's Code

Margaret de Beauchamp is offered a large sum of money to keep her family's manor and woolen trade from falling into the hands of the crown and its unscrupulous minister, Lord Cork. She uses this money to create a new type of woolen cloth with the help of an up-timer programmer, Aaron Craig. However, the Master Weavers of the county's Weavers Guild are unhappy about the changes to the status quo and take their grievance to Lord Cork, who is interested in taking over the new calculating machine that is fueling the upsurge in the de Beauchamp fortunes. Margaret has to protect her new business and prevent anyone from discovering that up-timers are in the country to assist her, but she still has to deal with an uprising at home.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 14 October 2024
Publisher: Baen Books

Margaret de Beauchamp, a young gentlewoman, finds her fate intertwined with the up-timers when she meets the Americans imprisoned in the Tower of London. In exchange for her help, Rita Simpson and Harry Lefferts offer her a substantial sum of money to keep her family's manor and its woolen trade from falling into the hands of the crown and its unscrupulous minister, Lord Cork. However, Margaret's troubles are far from over. Her family's fortunes are in a downward spiral, and her trip to Grantville brings unexpected dangers and a possible up-time solution. Inspired by books in the Grantville library, Margaret has an idea to restore her family's fortunes with an innovation never before seen in fabric design. With the help of Aaron Craig, an up-timer programmer using aqualators, water-powered computers, they teach her father's craftsmen to create a combination machine loom that can produce a new type of woolen cloth. The ornate and perfect patterns quickly trend among the nobility. However, the Master Weavers of the county's Weavers Guild are not happy about being overshadowed by the changes to the status quo and take their grievance to Lord Cork, who is still looking for the people who helped the Americans escape from the Tower. Cork is not interested in squabbles between mere tradesmen but is very interested in taking over the new calculating machine that is fueling the upsurge in the de Beauchamp fortunes. He sends agents ordered to stop at nothing to secure it for his own ends. Margaret has to protect her new business and prevent anyone from discovering that up-timers are in the country to assist her, but she still has to deal with an uprising at home.

Weight: 604g
Dimension: 242 x 167 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781982193669