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1) The talisman
Author
Series
Legacy volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
For each generation the talisman is the key to a fortune. Edward - who inherits his father's looks and his curse. Alex - whose quest for revenge will fuel an empire built on corruption. And Evelyne and Juliana who are still haunted by the family's past.
2) Half a war
Author
Series
Shattered Sea volume 3
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Language
English
Formats
Description
A classic coming-of-age tale set in a vivid and richly-imagined world from Sunday Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie.
Author
Publisher
Robinson
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When his miserly mother dies, Fellworth Dolphin is shocked to learn that he has inherited a sizable sum. He teams up with Maggie, a girl of similar background, to discover the source of the riches - but what secrets will the two sleuths uncover?
Author
Language
English
Description
Julia and Valentina Poole are identical twins who have no interest in college, jobs or anything outside their cosy suburban home. But everything changes when they receive notice that an aunt whom they didn't know existed has died and left them her flat in an apartment block overlooking Highgate Cemetery in London.
Author
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Sarah Jane Fearing has grown up in the imposing rural mansion of one of England's most influential banking families. At the centre of Sarah's world is her uncle, Frank, who has escaped the straitjacket of ponderous respectability. Frank offers Sarah hope, until his extravagant lifestyle leads him into a disastrous marriage.
Author
Publisher
Barrington Stoke Ltd
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When Harry and his mother inherit a house from a mysterious relative of his father's following his death in the War, they travel across the country to discover the bequeathing was a cruel trick - the house has fallen into the sea. But it seems there's even more afoot at Wickford Hall than they first imagined, as tales of lost children and evil paintings soon capture Harry's imagination. Is there something evil lurking in the land? And can Harry defeat...
8) The nest
Author
Publisher
The Borough Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER?I couldn't stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family? AMY POEHLER?A masterfully constructed, darkly comic, and immensely captivating tale?Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is a real talent? ELIZABETH GILBERTA sharp and funny debut about a wonderfully dysfunctional New York family and the three grown-up siblings fighting to save the family money pot - the ?nest? - as their oldest brother threatens to...
Author
Series
Wideacre volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Wideacre estate is bankrupt, the villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin. But in the Dower House two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be the favoured child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the...
10) Rules of war
Author
Series
Jack Steel volume No 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Jack Steel and his Scottish Grenadiers are fighting in a crucial campaign in Spain against the Spanish Crown but aided, erratically, by local guerrillas. But their way of fighting is far from the British army's ways or standards and Jack Steel must chose between winning the battle and adherence to civilised rules.
11) Wideacre
Author
Series
Wideacre volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
'I would not leave Wideacre. I would not surrender my place to Harry. If it was the way of the world that girls left home and sons inherited, then the world would have to change. I would never change.' Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. But as a woman of the 18th century, she has no right of inheritance. Corrupted by a world that mistreats women, she sets out to corrupt others....
12) Brothers in arms
Author
Series
Jack Steel volume No 3
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
New pbk. ed.
Language
English
Description
1708. War rages across the lowlands of Flanders and British soldiers fight ferociously to protect the town of Oudenarde. Newly married and promoted to the rank of Captain, Jack Steel has never been better. But Oudenarde is a hard-fought battle that test Steel and his grenadiers to their very limits.
Author
Series
Crime with the classics mystery volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When Emily Cavanaugh inherits a fortune from her great aunt, she expects her life to change. She doesn't expect to embark on a murder investigation, confront the man who broke her heart 35 years before, and nearly lose her own life. Emily travels to the sleepy coastal village of Stony Beach, Oregon, to claim her inheritance, centered in a beautiful Victorian estate called Windy Corner but also including a substantial portion of the real estate of...
Author
Series
Song of Ice and Fire volume 5
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In King?s Landing the Queen Regent, Cersei Lannister, awaits trial, abandoned by all those she trusted; while in the eastern city of Yunkai her brother Tyrion has been sold as a slave. From the Wall, having left his wife and the Red Priestess Melisandre under the protection of Jon Snow, Stannis Baratheon marches south to confront the Boltons at Winterfell. But beyond the Wall the wildling armies are massing for an assault? On all sides bitter conflicts...
16) Insurrection
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Scotland 1286. The king is murdered by one of his own men, leaving the succession to the throne wide open. Civil war threatens as powerful Scottish families jostle for power, not knowing that King Edward of England, has his own ideas. A young squire will rise to defy England's greatest king. His name is Robert the Bruce.
17) The final gambit
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
2 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES!'A MASTER OF PUZZLES AND PLOT TWISTS' E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars The third thrilling and unmissable instalment in the global bestselling, 'impossible to put down' (Buzzfeed), BookTok sensation, Inheritance Games series. Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson. WINNER TAKES ALL . . .ONE LAST GAME.Against all odds, Avery has survived nearly a year of secrets, schemes, and love...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
By the sapphire blue waters of the French Riviera, a decades-long secret is about to be revealed. Wayward Greek heiress, Ariana Theodosis, inherits the Hotel du Soleil as part of a mysterious legacy. Captivated by its faded glamour, it offers her the chance to start again. Hotelier Gabriel du Lac's family have owned the hotel for decades - and he does not intend to give it up for a beautiful stranger. Madame du Lac has watched the rich and famous...
Author
Series
Captain Rawson volume 5
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
1709. Daniel is given the task of recovering the stolen tapestry of the Battle of Ramillies, due to hang in Blenheim palace. But while finding it is easy, wrestling it from thieves is another matter.
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