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Threads of Empire: A History of the World in Twelve Carpets PB_Gift_Guide driven by a precise analysisCarpet specialist Dorothy Armstrong tells the stories surrounding twelve of the worlds most fascinating carpets. Dorothy Armstrongs Threads of Empire is a spellbinding look at the history of the world through the stories of twelve carpets. Beautiful, sensuous, and enigmatic, great carpets follow power. Emperors, shahs, sultans and samurai crave them as symbols of earthly domination. Shamans and priests desire them to evoke the spiritual realm. The