| Description |
280 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Summary |
From the bestselling author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen comes a story of inheritance, a great country house, and a way of life that is disappearing...Ed Hartlepool has been living in self-imposed exile for five years, but with a settlement regarding his inheritance looming, he must return to his ancestral seat, Hartlepool Hall. On his return, he discovers that his father has left him, along with the house, a seven million pound tax bill, two massive overdrafts, an 80-year-old butler, and a vast country estate that is creaking at the seams. Not only that, but there is a strange woman in residence - Lady Alice - who seems to have made herself very much at home. With the debts mounting, it seems that Ed's only recourse is to turn to his friend Annabel's new boyfriend, a property developer who plans to turn Hartlepool Hall into luxury flats and a golf course. But can Ed save his inheritance without such a drastic move? And is Lady Alice really the person she claims to be? |
| Subject |
Country homes -- England -- Fiction.
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Heirs -- England -- Fiction.
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Inheritance and succession -- England -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Reading nook.
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Novels.
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| LC no. |
2012517055 |
| ISBN |
9780297863205 (cased) |
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9780297863212 (trade paperback) |
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