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THE EMERALD DRESS is set in Dublin in 1719. Vivienne invites the reader to Jonathan Swift’s Dublin, where ABIGAIL HARTON accepts a commission to design and embroider an emerald silk damask for weaver HUGH GAVIN, setting off a chain of events that will change her life forever. To support her family, Abigail will risk everything and when the girl who commissioned the emerald dress is forbidden to wear it, Abigail is unexpectedly required to attend Rathfarnham Castle. But will she wear the dress there and what fate lies in store for her and her family if she does? When Lucy Young travels to present-day Dublin to search for her ancestors, she contacts Professor Patrick Ralley of Trinity College Dublin and together they uncover the secret of The Emerald Dress.