A mansion and its murder
By: by Robert Barnard
Contributors: Bastable, Bernard
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Magna large print
Publisher: Magna; Magna Large Print Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780750535328
Subjects: Large type books; Only child; Fiction; Uncles; Inheritance and succession; Mansions; Families
Other titles: Mansion & its murder
Description: Sarah Jane Fearing, the sole offspring of a father who desperately wants a male heir, has grown up in the imposing mansion of one of England's most influential banking families. At the centre of Sarah's world stands her uncle Frank, the only relative who seems to have escaped the straitjacket of ponderous respectability. Frank's rebellions afford Sarah delight and hope, until his extravagant lifestyle leads him deeper into dept and into a disastrous marriage. Frank's wedding to a coldly ambitious woman produces the family's longed-for Male scion, but the parents fall to quarrels and then to murder.
Notes: Standard print edition originally published 1998. originally published in Great Britain by Allison & Busby in 2011.

'Barnard always makes it look so easy!' Literary ReviewSarah Jane Fearing, the sole offspring of a father who desperately wants a male heir, has grown up in the imposing mansion of one of England's most influential banking families. At the centre of Sarah's world stands her uncle Frank, the only relative who seems to have escaped the straitjacket of ponderous respectability. Frank's rebellions afford Sarah delight and hope, until his extravagant lifestyle leads him deeper into dept and into a disastrous marriage. Frank's wedding to a coldly ambitious woman produces the family's longed-for Male scion, but the parents fall to quarrels and then to murder.

Adult.