Gillespie and I
Subtitle: a novel
By: Jane Harris
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780062103208
Subjects: Artists; Fiction
Description: As she sits in her Bloomsbury home with her two pet birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter recounts the story of her friendship with Ned Gillespie--a talented artist whose life came to a tragic end before he ever achieved the fame and recognition that Harriet maintains he deserved. In 1888, young Harriet arrives in Glasgow during the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter with Ned, she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in their lives. But when tragedy strikes, culminating in a notorious criminal trial, the certainty of Harriet's new world rapidly spirals into suspicion and despair.
Notes: First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Faber & Faber.