As she sits in her Bloomsbury home, with her two birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance, nearly four decades previously, with Ned Gillespie, a talented artist who never achieved the fame she maintains he deserved.
Back in 1888, the young, art-loving Harriet arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in all of their lives. But when tragedy strikes - leading to a notorious criminal trial - the promise and certainties of this world all too rapidly disintegrate into mystery and deception...
| ISBN: | 9780571238309 |
| Publication date: | 5th January 2012 |
| Author: | Jane Harris |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 608 pages |
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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As she sits in her Bloomsbury home, with her two birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance, nearly four decades previously, with Ned Gillespie, a talented artist who never achieved the fame she maintains he deserved.Back in 1888, the young, art-loving Harriet arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in all of their lives.
Gillespie and I features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback, Hardback, Ebook. £10.79, down from the £11.99 cover price. In Stock.
Gillespie and I was written by Jane Harris and published by Faber & Faber
Gillespie and I has 608 pages
£10.79, reduced from £11.99. In Stock.
