The Headmistress

by Angela Thirkell

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Barsetshire in the latter years of the Second World War is a peaceful and gossipy place, but there has been one lively change. A girls' school, evacuated from London, has taken over Harefield Park. Miss Sparling seems to be the perfect headmistress: she dresses as a headmistress should and is an easy and erudite conversationalist. Her new neighbours like her and her pupils respect her, but there is something missing from her life; something which - though she never dreamt it when she arrived - perhaps Barsetshire can provide...
  • ISBN10 1559211504
  • ISBN13 9781559211505
  • Publish Date 1 January 1995 (first published 1946)
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 4 March 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Moyer Bell Ltd ,U.S.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 346
  • Language English