Ten years have passed since Jean Harrod began writing about the legend of Kitty Garthwaite. What started as a play has been turned into a novel inspired by the dark tale, which dates back to around 1787.
Servant girl Kitty reportedly became pregnant by a young man from Hutton-le-Hole, the quaint village in North Yorkshire that for many years Harrod called home. There are many versions of the story but it is said that when he abandoned her, Kitty drowned herself in despair at Lowna Ford in Farndale. In the years that followed, several men were killed at the same spot and locals reported seeing the ghost of Kitty sat naked on the riverbank and luring men to their deaths.
Some people unfortunately died.” Harrod, who was born in Harrow, London, was drawn into the career after a talk at school. A personnel officer from the Foreign Office visited her college to talk about the opportunities available within the department. “As soon as she started talking to me about all of the countries I could travel to and all the embassies and capital cities I could live and work in, I was completely determined to be a diplomat,” Harrod reflects.
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