Download or read book The Headmistress written by Angela Thirkell and published by Virago. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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...