In the fabled city of Isfahan, in seventeenth-century Persia, a young woman confronts a dismal fate: Her beloved father has died, leaving her without a dowry. Forced to work as a servant in the home of her uncle, a rich rug designer in the court of the Shah, the young woman blossoms as a brilliant designer of carpets. But while her talent flourishes, her prospects for a happy marriage grow dim.

She finds herself faced with a daunting decision—to forsake her own dignity or to risk everything in an effort to maintain it. Both a sweeping love story and a luminous portrait of a city, The Blood of Flowers is the mesmerizing historical novel of an ill-fated young woman whose gift as a rug designer transforms her life.

Illuminated with glorious detail of Persian rug-making, and brilliantly bringing to life the sights, sounds, and life of 17th-century Isfahan, The Blood of Flowers is a timeless tale of one woman's struggle to live a life of her choosing.