The Golden Beast
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: June 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781417928781
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; Literary; Fiction / Literary; Fiction; Fiction - General
First sentence: ISRAEL, first Baron Honerton, famous in commercial circles as chairman of the directors of Fernham &amp; Company, Ltd., the great wholesale chemists, Lord of the Manor of Honerton Chase, in Norfolk, sat at the head of the long black oak table in the banqueting hall of the ancient and historic mansion which he had bought, as the auctioneer described it, "lock, stock and barrel", two years ago.