Inheritance

One of our best and truest novelists * The Times *Enviably good – Louis de Bernières * Sunday Times *Thoughtful and beautifully observed… Never predictable, this novel combines a remarkable narrative force with the lightest of touches. A book to savour and pass on * The Economist *Utterly absorbing and enjoyable…a romance which moves with assurance from wild improbability to a reconciliation with things as they may truly be * Scotsman *Completely riveting and very funny indeed. Shakespeare at his empathetic best, as he mines the fragile seam of our desire to be loved for who we are * Sunday Telegraph *A tremendous and captivating writer * Independent *So full of surprises that even to start describing it you have to give a few away…compelling * Sunday Times *A novel of scintillating brilliance… a modern myth of good and evil… Gripping * Metro *A dissection of the emotional fissures that tear families apart * Mail on Sunday *The novel…is thoughtful and beautifully written, examining lost lives, chances and choices * Daily Mail *

Nicholas Shakespeare was born in Worcester in 1957 and grew up in the Far East and Latin America. He is a prize-winning novelist and biographer. His most recent book, Priscilla, draws on his talents in both genres.