The Hills of Home

Fraser, Amy Stewart

ISBN 10: 071007414X / ISBN 13: 9780710074140

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London and Boston, 1973

About this Item

Octavo. Reprinted twice in 1973. Purple cloth boards, gilt title and attributions to spine. Rear upper corner bumped. Tiniest bumps to two other corners (front upper, rear lower). Bit of wrinkling at crown and heel. Moderate foxing to upper text block. Pastedowns and endpapers have Glen Gairn map. Flat signed by author on title page. (x)240pp. Chapter head decorations. Complete jacket has toned spine, light wear to perimeter and minor soiling at few points.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1743335922710

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hills of Home
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London and Boston
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071007414X
• ISBN 13: 9780710074140
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

'I do not recall putting my dolls into mourning at the time of Queen Victoria's death as some children...' Most memories of childhood long ago are dimmed by time. But not Amy Stewart Fraser's. She lived as a girl in Glen Gairn, near Bahmoral, the daughter of the parish minister: she recreates the life of those days as accurately as a photograph. Nothing escaped her sharp eyes, whether the indiscretions of a country girl, the clothes, the way of life. the characters of the people she knew. Most books of memories are described as 'nostalgic': this book, with its fine stylish writing and vivid clarity, is much more than that.