The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall

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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?

Read by Richard Mitchley

(p) 2012 Orion Publishing Group

Critics Review

  • It’s a novel that should enhance his reputation for excellent, ingenious writing

    METRO

  • More intriguing is the skein of darkness that, in common with much of Torday’s fiction, runs discretely through the story – one sequence is sufficiently macabre as to recall the work of a young McEwan

    LITERARY REVIEW

  • It grabs you right from page one and is another great read from the author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

    ESSENTIALS

  • A novel that’s quirky, funny, moving and peopled with superbly drawn characters

    CHOICE

  • A deliciously dark comedy about class, snobbery and a vanishing way of life

    GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

  • This is a novel about decay and destruction, but bracingly unsentimental and surprisingly moving

    GUARDIAN

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