The Irresistible Inheritance Of Wilberforce
$35.93
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2008
Summary
The Bitter Aftertaste of Caerlyon Hall
Late one summer evening, Wilberforce - rich, young, and work-obsessed - makes a detour on his way home to the vast undercroft of Caerlyon Hall, and the domain of Francis Black, a place where wine, hospitality and affection flow freely.
Through Francis, Wilberforce is initiated into a life rich in the promise of friendship and adventure, where, through his new set of friends, the possibility of finding acceptance, and even falling in lov…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753823156 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753823152 |
| Author: | Paul Torday |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2008 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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“Wilberforce…is good fictional company and the narrative voice Torday gives him…provides an astringently comic note”
“Wilberforce…is good fictional company and the narrative voice Torday gives him…provides an astringently comic note” SUNDAY TIMES
About The Author
Paul Torday
Paul Torday was born in 1946 and read English Literature at Pembroke College, Oxford. He spent the next 30 years working in engineering and in industry, after which he scaled back his business responsibilities to fulfil a long-harboured ambition - to write. He burst on to the literary scene in 2006 with his first novel, SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEM, an immediate bestseller that has been sold in 25 countries. He is married with two sons by a previous marriage and has two stepsons and lives close to the River North Tyne.
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