For some years Melvyn Bragg has been recognized as one of Britain's most talented novelists and the critics have acclaimed The Silken Net as his best novel. Set in the Cumberland he knows and describes so well, it is the story of Rosemary Lewis, a half French, half English girl who grows up in the small town of Thurston between the wars. Through the passions and problems of her own life Rosemary grows at last to a calm maturity.