Sentence:  The only man alive who seems qualified by his learning , his disposition and his addiction to a baroque luxuriance of language to <WSD>inherit</WSD> the literary mantle of Sacheverell Sitwell , Mr. Sansom writes of foreign parts with a dedication to decoration worthy of a pastry chef creating a wedding cake for the marriage of a Hungarian beauty ( her third ) and an American multimillionaire ( his fourth ) . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  obtain from someone after their death