Gallowglass (novel)

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Title Gallowglass
Author Barbara Vine
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Crime / Mystery novel
Publisher Viking
Released March 1 1990
Media type Print/Audiobook
Pages 304 (paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0140132058
Preceded by The House of Stairs
Followed by King Solomon's Carpet

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

[edit] Plot summary

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When Sandor snatches little Joe from the path of a London tube, he makes it clear that Joe's life now belongs to him. Sandor begins to tell him a mysterious story and teaches Joe that he is a "gallowglass", the servant of a chief.


Gallowglass was made into a miniseries for the PBS Series Mystery! in Fall 1995. Jacqueline Holborough wrote the screenplay. Michael Sheen plays the character of Joe. Paul Rhys plays the character of Sandor.