A Dubious Legacy
Author: Wesley, Mary
ISBN: 9780099513049
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Mar 2008
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
'A sophisticated cocktail of sweetness and cynicism' - Cosmopolitan
Henry Tillotson, a generous, genial man who inherited his father's philanthropic attitude along with his beautiful house, rescues Margaret from a disastrous marriage in Egypt and brings her home to the West Country as his new wife. On the threshold she gives him a black eye and retires straight to bed where she remains, apart from the occasional malevolent outburst, for the rest of her life.
Over the years two young couples become regular if uneasy houseguests, listening, speculating, keeping a watchful eye on Margaret's door until finally, piecing together the gossip, the rumours, the mystery, they find themselves and their children thoroughly tangled in the web of Henry's life...
ISBN: 9780099513049
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Mar 2008
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
'A sophisticated cocktail of sweetness and cynicism' - Cosmopolitan
Henry Tillotson, a generous, genial man who inherited his father's philanthropic attitude along with his beautiful house, rescues Margaret from a disastrous marriage in Egypt and brings her home to the West Country as his new wife. On the threshold she gives him a black eye and retires straight to bed where she remains, apart from the occasional malevolent outburst, for the rest of her life.
Over the years two young couples become regular if uneasy houseguests, listening, speculating, keeping a watchful eye on Margaret's door until finally, piecing together the gossip, the rumours, the mystery, they find themselves and their children thoroughly tangled in the web of Henry's life...
