Gillespie and I
About this book
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 disorientate into mystery and deception.
Featuring a memorable cast of characters, infused with atmosphere and period detail, and shot through with wicked humour,
Gillespie and I is a tour de force from one of the emerging names of British fiction.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface: Tuesday, 11 April 1933, London
- Part I: May 1888, Glasgow
- Wednesday, 12 April 1933, London
- Part II: JuneâAugust 1888, Glasgow
- Thursday, 8 June 1933, London
- Part III: September 1888âMarch 1889, Glasgow
- Tuesday, 18âFriday 21 July 1933, London
- Part IV: AprilâNovember 1889, Glasgow
- Friday, 25âTuesday 29 August 1933, London
- Part V: NovemberâDecember 1889, Glasgow
- Friday, 8 September 1933, London
- Part VI: March 1890, Edinburgh
- Friday, 15 September 1933, London
- Part VII: March 1890, Edinburgh
- Sunday, 17âSaturday, 23 September 1933, London
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
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