The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall, Paul Torday
The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall, Paul Torday
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The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall

Author: Paul Torday

Narrator: Richard Mitchley

Unabridged: 7 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/05/2012

Synopsis

Ed Hartlepool has been living in self-imposed exile for five years, but with a settlement regarding his inheritance looming, he must return to his ancestral seat, Hartlepool Hall. On his return, he discovers that his father has left him, along with the house, a seven million pound tax bill, two massive overdrafts, an 80-year-old butler, and a vast country estate that is creaking at the seams. Not only that, but there is a strange woman in residence - Lady Alice - who seems to have made herself very much at home.

With the debts mounting, it seems that Ed's only recourse is to turn to his friend Annabel's new boyfriend, a property developer who plans to turn Hartlepool Hall into luxury flats and a golf course. But can Ed save his inheritance without such a drastic move? And is Lady Alice really the person she claims to be?

Read by Richard Mitchley

(p) 2012 Orion Publishing Group

About Paul Torday

Paul Torday burst on to the literary scene in 2007 with his first novel, SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN, an immediate international bestseller that has been translated into 28 languages and has been made into a film starring Ewan McGregor, Kristin Scott Thomas and Emily Blunt. His subsequent novels, THE IRRESISTIBLE INHERITANCE OF WILBERFORCE, THE GIRL ON THE LANDING, THE HOPELESS LIFE OF CHARLIE SUMMERS, MORE THAN YOU CAN SAY, THE LEGACY OF HARTLEPOOL HALL and LIGHT SHINING IN THE FOREST, were all published to great critical acclaim. He was married with two sons by a previous marriage, had two stepsons, and lived close to the River North Tyne. He died at home in December 2013.

About Richard Mitchley

Richard is a narrator and actor, who has freelanced with S4C since early-1990s and also worked as an announcer at Channel 4. Richard has narrated a huge library of audiobook titles, including works by such authors as: John Masefield, Terry Pratchett, Eric Newby and John Bird.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne

I've read a couple of Torday's novels in the past and surprised myself by how much I enjoyed them as his books are not my usual sort of read. The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall introduces us to a eclectic bunch of characters, headed up by Ed Hartlepool and ably assisted by Annabel Gazebee and Lady Alice B......more

Goodreads review by David

Rather typical of Torday's recent novels, the fairly posh or landed gentry going through hard times and having something fairly sinister happening to them, while also being a bit of a commentary on the financial crisis. Which, to be fair, is a hell of a niche. Interesting that he states that this wa......more

Quotes

It's a novel that should enhance his reputation for excellent, ingenious writing METRO

More intriguing is the skein of darkness that, in common with much of Torday's fiction, runs discretely through the story - one sequence is sufficiently macabre as to recall the work of a young McEwan LITERARY REVIEW

It grabs you right from page one and is another great read from the author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN ESSENTIALS

A novel that's quirky, funny, moving and peopled with superbly drawn characters CHOICE

A deliciously dark comedy about class, snobbery and a vanishing way of life GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

This is a novel about decay and destruction, but bracingly unsentimental and surprisingly moving GUARDIAN

Gloriously enjoyable DAILY MAIL

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