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Zusatztext Hugely enjoyable Informationen zum Autor After hard times and odd jobs as a lone parent, Fay Weldon became one of the top advertising copywriters of her generation. She moved to TV drama (writing the pilot episode of the iconic series Upstairs Downstairs ) then turned to novels – including the classic The Life and Loves of a She Devil and the Booker-shortlisted Praxis . Fay was made a CBE for services to literature and taught Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Klappentext The second novel in Fay Weldon's Love & Inheritance trilogy! following the lives and loves of an aristocratic family at the turn of the nineteenth century. Vorwort The second novel in Fay Weldon's Love & Inheritance trilogy, following the lives and loves of an aristocratic family at the turn of the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung December 1901: With London Society in a frenzy of anticipation for the coronation of the new king, Edward VII, the Earl and Countess of Dilberne are caught up in lavish preparations. Yet Lady Isobel still has ample time to fret, and no wonder with a new heir on the way, an elopement, family tragedy, a runaway niece, and a gaggle of fraudulent spiritualists to contend with... With her trademark joie de vivre, Fay Weldon once again draws her readers into the lives and loves of the aristocratic Dilberne family, as they embrace not only a new century, but a new generation - a generation with somewhat radical views...
