The Cottingley Secret
Author: Gaynor, Hazel
ISBN: 9780008208158
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 480
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 30mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The New York Times bestselling author turns the clock back to a time when two young girls convinced the world that fairies really did exist…
Cottingley, Yorkshire, 1917: When two young cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, announce they have photographed fairies at the bottom of the garden, their parents are astonished. But when the great novelist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, endorses the photographs’ authenticity, the girls become a sensation; their discovery offering something to believe in amid a world ravaged by war.
One hundred years later: When Olivia Kavanagh finds an old manuscript and a photograph in her late grandfather’s bookshop it sparks a fascination with the story of the two young girls who mystified the world. Delving deeper into the past, and the truth behind an innocent game that became a national obsession, Olivia begins to question her own beliefs. And as she begins to understand why a nation once believed in fairies, will Olivia find a way to believe in herself?
ISBN: 9780008208158
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 480
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 30mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The New York Times bestselling author turns the clock back to a time when two young girls convinced the world that fairies really did exist…
Cottingley, Yorkshire, 1917: When two young cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, announce they have photographed fairies at the bottom of the garden, their parents are astonished. But when the great novelist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, endorses the photographs’ authenticity, the girls become a sensation; their discovery offering something to believe in amid a world ravaged by war.
One hundred years later: When Olivia Kavanagh finds an old manuscript and a photograph in her late grandfather’s bookshop it sparks a fascination with the story of the two young girls who mystified the world. Delving deeper into the past, and the truth behind an innocent game that became a national obsession, Olivia begins to question her own beliefs. And as she begins to understand why a nation once believed in fairies, will Olivia find a way to believe in herself?
