Gallowglass (novel)

Gallowglass
	First edition (UK)
Author	Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)
Language	English
Genre	Crime / mystery novel
Publisher	Viking (UK); Harmony (US)
Publication date	1 March 1990
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print/audiobook
Pages	304
ISBN	0-670-83241-3
OCLC	24669658
Preceded by	The House of Stairs
Followed by	King Solomon's Carpet

Gallowglass is a 1990 novel by the British writer Ruth Rendell, written under the name Barbara Vine.^[1]

Plot summary

Sandor comes from a wealthy home and is highly educated. Joe, longing for a friend, falls under his spell.

Some years earlier, Sandor had taken part in the kidnapping of a former model, Nina. He now plans to kidnap her again so that they can live together. At present, Nina lives in a heavily guarded residence with her husband and many servants. Eventually, Joe's colourful stepsister, Tilly, is also dragged into the plot. However, things do not turn out as Sandor had planned. Most of the story is seen through Joe's eyes, but Paul Garnet, Nina's driver, also tells part of the tale.

Adaptation

The novel was adapted by the BBC as part of The Barbara Vine Mysteries. Jacqueline Holborough wrote the screenplay for this version.

References

^ "Gallowglass". Kirkus Reviewsn. 15 April 1990. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- McCrumb, Sharyn (8 July 1990). "'GALLOWGLASS,' VINE'S LATEST, REFLECTS DARK, OBSESSIVE LOVE". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

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[1] "Gallowglass". Kirkus Reviewsn. 15 April 1990. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- McCrumb, Sharyn (8 July 1990). "'GALLOWGLASS,' VINE'S LATEST, REFLECTS DARK, OBSESSIVE LOVE". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

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v t e Ruth Rendell
Inspector Wexford novels	From Doon with Death A New Lease of Death Wolf to the Slaughter The Best Man to Die A Guilty Thing Surprised No More Dying Then Murder Being Once Done Some Lie and Some Die Shake Hands Forever A Sleeping Life Put on By Cunning The Speaker of Mandarin An Unkindness of Ravens The Veiled One Kissing the Gunner's Daughter Simisola Road Rage Harm Done The Babes in the Wood End in Tears Not in the Flesh The Monster in the Box The Vault No Man's Nightingale
Stand-alone novels	To Fear a Painted Devil Vanity Dies Hard The Secret House of Death One Across, Two Down The Face of Trespass A Demon in My View A Judgement in Stone Make Death Love Me The Lake of Darkness Master of the Moor The Killing Doll The Tree of Hands Live Flesh Heartstones Talking to Strange Men The Bridesmaid Going Wrong The Crocodile Bird The Keys to the Street A Sight for Sore Eyes Adam and Eve and Pinch Me The Rottweiler Thirteen Steps Down The Thief The Water's Lovely Portobello Tigerlily's Orchids The Saint Zita Society The Girl Next Door Dark Corners
As Barbara Vine	A Dark-Adapted Eye A Fatal Inversion The House of Stairs Gallowglass King Solomon's Carpet Asta's Book No Night is Too Long The Brimstone Wedding The Chimney Sweeper's Boy Grasshopper The Blood Doctor The Minotaur The Birthday Present The Child's Child
Short story collections	The Fallen Curtain Means of Evil The Fever Tree The New Girlfriend The Copper Peacock Blood Lines Piranha to Scurfy A Spot of Folly
TV series	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries The Barbara Vine Mysteries