Next of kin
By: John Boyne
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 501
ISBN-13: 9780718149338
Subjects: Disinheritance; Fiction; Gamblers; Debtor and creditor; History
Description: Owen Montignac, the handsome and charismatic scion of a wealthy land-owning family, is anxiously awaiting the reading of his late uncle's will. But when he discovers that he has been cut out of the will in favour of his beautiful cousin Stella, it is time to prove just how cunning he can be, and how a royal crisis can provide the means for profit.