| Author: | Paul Torday | ISBN: | 9780297863229 |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group | Publication: | January 5, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | Language: | English |
| Author: | Paul Torday |
| ISBN: | 9780297863229 |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group |
| Publication: | January 5, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Language: | English |
Hartlepool Hall has been in Ed's family for generations - but is that about to change, and who is the mysterious Lady Alice?
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?
Hartlepool Hall has been in Ed's family for generations - but is that about to change, and who is the mysterious Lady Alice?
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?
