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What was it like to be a girl, born and brought up within a Free Kirk manse in the heart of Aberdeenshire during mid-Victorian times? Almost certainly no other account now exists that is in any way comparable to this fascinating story by Alice Thiele Smith, ninth of the eleven children born to Jane Robertson and Dr William Pirie Smith, Free Church minister of Keig near Alford. Softcovers, 205pp with fold out map at front and genealogical tree at rear Small closed tear to front cover otherwise VG