{"product_id":"the-original-9781398533400","title":"The Original : 'Puts Stevens in the class of Sarah Waters and even du Maurier herself' Financial Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘There was a painting my family set on fire. It burned to ashes, and then it came back.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOxfordshire, 1899. Grace Inderwick grows up on the peripheries of a once-great household, an unwanted guest in her uncle’s home. She has unusual skills and unusual predilections: for painting, though faces elude her; for lurking in the shadows; for other girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a letter arrives, postmarked Saint Helena. After years missing at sea, Grace’s cousin Charles is ready to come home. When Charles returns, unrecognisable and uncanny, a rift emerges between those who claim he is an imposter and Grace’s aunt, who insists he is her son. And Grace, whose intimate knowledge of forgeries is her own closely-guarded secret, must decide who and what to believe in, and what kind of life she wants to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Nell Stevens\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 Apr 2026 by Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nell Stevens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320521826682,"sku":"9781398533400","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781398533400.jpg?v=1790656192","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-original-9781398533400","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}