The grave tattoo
By: Val McDermid
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 565
ISBN-13: 9781846174667
Subjects: Fiction; Manuscripts; Treasure troves
Description: When torrential summer rains uncover a bizarrely tattooed body on a Lake District hillside, old wives' tales also come swirling to the surface. For centuries Lakelanders have whispered that Fletcher Christian staged the massacre on Pitcairn so that he could return home. And there he told his story to an old friend and schoolmate, William Wordsworth, who turned it into a long narrative poem - a poem that remained hidden lest it expose Wordsworth to the gallows for harbouring a fugitive. Wordsworth specialist Jane Gresham, herself a native of the Lake District, feels compelled to discover once and for all whether the manuscript ever existed - and whether it still exists today.
Notes: Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 2006.