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
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Weidenfield & Nicolson (Orion
ISBN: 9780297863212
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 02/01/2012
Año de edición: 2011
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Escrito por Paul Torday
Paul Torday (1946). Va estudiar Literatura anglesa al Pembroke College dOxford. Ha passat la major part de la seva vida treballant en la indústria, però els darrers tres anys ha trobat temps per escriure. Viu a Northumberland, on sol dedicar-se a la pesca del salmó, i ha visitat el Pròxim Orient en diverses ocasions. Aquesta és la seva primera novel·la.