For centuries, the British aristocracy hinged on an labyrinthine tangle of inheritance laws, many of which were contradictory and seemingly illogical. In this page-turner from Anthony Hope, young Harry Tristram is forced to grapple with this...
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For centuries, the British aristocracy hinged on an labyrinthine tangle of inheritance laws, many of which were contradictory and seemingly illogical. In this page-turner from Anthony Hope, young Harry Tristram is forced to grapple with this complicated code when he discovers a shocking secret about his own lineage -- and the disastrous impact that the truth might have on his social standing and financial well-being
Title; Contents; I - A Suppressed Passage; II - Mr Cholderton's Imp; III - On Guard; IV - She Could an' She Would; V - The First Round; VI - The Attraction of It; VII - The Moment Draws Near; VIII - Duty and Mr. Neeld; IX - The Man in Possession; X - Behold the Heir!; XI - A Phantom by the Pool; XII - Fighters and Doubters; XIII - In the Long Gallery; XIV - The Very Same Day; XV - An Inquisition Interrupted; XVI - The New Life; XVII - River Scenes and Bric-à-Brac; XVIII - Conspirators and a Crux; XIX - In the Matter of Blinkhampton; XX - The Tristram Way-A Specimen
XXI - The Persistence of BlentXXII - An Insult to the Blood; XXIII - A Decree of Banishment; XXIV - After the End of All; XXV - There's the Lady Too!; XXVI - A Business Call; XXVII - Before Translation; XXVIII - The Cat and the Bell; XXIX - The Curmudgeon; XXX - Till the Next Generation
