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Harris, Jane
Gillespie and I (Гиллеспи и я)
Автор: Harris, Jane
Название: Gillespie and I (Гиллеспи и я)
Издательство: Faber
Классификация: ИНОСТРАННЫЕ ЯЗЫКИ , NON-FICTION
ISBN: 0571238297
ISBN-13(EAN): 9780571238293
Обложка: Paperback
Страницы: 624
Дата издания: 2012
Круг читателей: широкий
Описание: 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...
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