Legacy of Hartlepool Hall

Paul Torday, geboren 1946, studierte Englische Literatur in Oxford. Seit über dreißig Jahren arbeitet er als freier Unternehmer und lebt mit seiner Familie auf einem kleinen Schloss in Nordengland. Sein Romandebüt wurde auf Anhieb ein internationaler Bestseller und gewann den Bollinger Wodehouse Prize.

Hartlepool Hall has been in Ed's family for generations - but is that about to change, and who is the mysterious Lady Alice?'A deliciously dark comedy about class, snobbery and a vanishing way of life' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Gloriously enjoyable' DAILY MAIL'Excellent' METROEd 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?'A deliciously dark comedy about class, snobbery and a vanishing way of life' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Gloriously enjoyable' DAILY MAIL'Excellent' METROEd 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?