A mansion and its murder Robert Barnard.

By:

Barnard, Robert

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Long Preston : Magna 2012.Edition: Large print edDescription: 302 p. (large print) ; 24 cmISBN:

9780750535328

Subject(s):

Only child

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Summary: 'Barnard always makes it look so easy!' Literary ReviewSarah Jane Fearing, the sole offspring of a father who desperately wants a male heir, has grown up in the imposing mansion of one of England's most influential banking families. At the centre of Sarah's world stands her uncle Frank, the only relative who seems to have escaped the straitjacket of ponderous respectability. Frank's rebellions afford Sarah delight and hope, until his extravagant lifestyle leads him deeper into dept and into a disastrous marriage. Frank's wedding to a coldly ambitious woman produces the family's longed-for Male scion, but the parents fall to quarrels and then to murder.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Large Print	Pop-Up Library Large print Fiction	Fiction	BARN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	In transit from Pop-Up Library to Waimate since 19/03/2024		A00649912

'Barnard always makes it look so easy!' Literary ReviewSarah Jane Fearing, the sole offspring of a father who desperately wants a male heir, has grown up in the imposing mansion of one of England's most influential banking families. At the centre of Sarah's world stands her uncle Frank, the only relative who seems to have escaped the straitjacket of ponderous respectability. Frank's rebellions afford Sarah delight and hope, until his extravagant lifestyle leads him deeper into dept and into a disastrous marriage. Frank's wedding to a coldly ambitious woman produces the family's longed-for Male scion, but the parents fall to quarrels and then to murder.

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