Calpurnia
By: Anne Scott.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Inheritance and succession -- Fiction.; Historic buildings -- Fiction.; Appraisers -- Fiction.; Older women -- Fiction.; Mansions -- Fiction.; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Elizabeth Oliver arrives at Calpurnia to manage the sale but soon finds herself piecing together the mysterious life of Maribel Archibald Davies and her heirs: the prodigal, tennis-playing heir apparent; the fashionable niece, designated as the estate's executor; the loyal neighbor and keeper of the Maribel Davies flame; Davies's heartbroken longtime lover; and the famous portraitist with whom Davies had an affair-become-scandal." "Each of them makes one last visit to Calpurnia, and with each arrival, Elizabeth is drawn further into the family's intrigues and mysteries, and closer to a revelation of its secrets."--Jacket.