02244cam a2200277 4500 542478368 TxAuBib 20211013120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781448203659 1448203651 3e522298-d405-4670-b0cb-979e2bcafdad OverDrive (Reserve ID) 654094 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Compton-Burnett, Ivy. A Heritage and its History [Bridges eBook]. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2074kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. HTML:First published in 1959, <i>A Heritage and its History</i> tells the story of 69 year old Sir Edwin Challoner, and his extended family.Unmarried, and with no direct issue, Challoner's closest relation, and business associate, is his younger brother Hamish.When Hamish dies of a heart condition, his son Simon prepares to take over as head of the house, as everyone assumes that Sir Edwin will also die in a matter of months.<br /> <br /> However, Sir Edwin surprises everyone by announcing his marriage to Rhoda, his neighbour, also more than 40 years his junior.Following the return from their honeymoon, Rhoda succumbs to a moment of unbridled passion with Simon, her new husband's nephew.When Rhoda falls pregnant, there is no question who has fathered the child.<br /> <br /> <i>A Heritage and its History</i> gets right to the heart of this family as it splits into factions, growing increasingly bitter and resentful.The reader watches on in amazement as two families become more and more entangled, and the path to the inheritance of this once great house and title becomes ever more twisted.Sooner or later, the secret must come out... Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-12-09 17:22:37. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3E522298-D405-4670-B0CB-979E2BCAFDAD&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3E522298-D405-4670-B0CB-979E2BCAFDAD&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)