- 2012 edition, 280 pages
- Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Softcover
- Very good conditon, as new
Author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.
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 - an unimaginable tax bill, a huge overdraft, an ageing butle, and an estate that is creaking at the seams. Not only that, but a strange woman has taken up residence at Hartlepool Hall - Lady Alice - and she 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 inhertiance without such a drastic move and thereby preserve a way of life that has been his family's way for generations? And is Lady Alice really the person she claims to be?
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