Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daughter of Silk | 2006 | Linda Chaikin | Buy |
| 2 | Written on Silk | 2007 | Linda Chaikin | Buy |
| 3 | Threads of Silk | 2008 | Linda Chaikin | Buy |
The Silk House is a three-book Christian historical fiction series by Linda Chaikin, published between 2006 and 2008. The trilogy consists of Daughter of Silk, Written on Silk, and Threads of Silk. Set in France during the Reformation, the books follow characters connected to the silk trade who must navigate religious persecution and political upheaval.
The Huguenot setting gives Chaikin a historical backdrop where questions of faith have life-or-death consequences. The silk trade provides a tangible, everyday context for the larger religious conflicts of the period, and Chaikin uses the detail of the trade to ground her characters’ stories in the physical world of their time.