The Legacy (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Evelyn Anthony (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1998 | Series: G K Hall Large Print Book Series

After his wife's suicide, Richard Farrington leaves his children and goes on a cruise to Scandinavia where he falls in love and marries Christina Nordohl. His death 12 year later leaves Christina and her daughter with the legacy of a great house, acres of land, and a priceless manuscript. But her stepson vows to break the will that has disinherited him. In doing so, Christina and her daughter's lives are now in great danger...

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Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Evelyn Anthony knows how to thrill and chill."
-Observer

"Eminently readable."
-Guardian --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From the Inside Flap

When Christina Nordohl met the wealthy English widower, Richard Farrigton, in Stockholm, it was an encounter that changed her life. Richard, after the suicide of his drug-addicted wife, had left his turbulent, hate-filled elder son, and the subservient younger one, and gone on a cruise round Scandinavia. There he fell in love with Christina and she returned to England with him as his wife.

Twelve years later he died, leaving Christina and her young daughter the legacy of a great house, land, money and a priceless Hebrew manuscript--and also leaving his vindictive son, Alan, who vows to break the will that has disinherited him. Among the lawyers engaged to defend Christina is a fellow Swede, Rolf Wallberg, a cold and sinister man who exerts an unwanted sexual attraction over the young widow. But is Rolf really fighting for her, or has he a different agenda? And how can her stepson boast he has discovered something that will destroy her and his little half-sister?

The battle is not about greed, but about hate and revenge. It is overshadowed by a terrible war crime and a search for the priceless document Richard Farrington discovered in Stockholm. The key to the mystery lies with the second stepson, the ambivalent, untrustworthy James, and the denouement is brutal and decides whether Christina and Rolf can ever be together. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 361 pages
• Publisher: Chivers (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0783801769
• ISBN-13: 978-0783801766
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,754,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not her best, June 20, 2000

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Cool Gurlie (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Legacy (Hardcover)

If you're a fan of Evelyn Anthony's many thrillers, you may be disappointed with THE LEGACY. The storyline is flat, although Ms. Anthony is very good at developing her characters. Missing is action and suspense which were hallmarks of previous books, especially the Davina Graham espionage series. This book concerns an estate, inherited by the second wife for her daughter. Her stepsons seek to contest this by employing unsavory methods. Ms. Anthony is at her best at characterisations. You do feel strongly one way or the other about the characters. In LEGACY, one character remains unknown until the end. Nazism is again a theme as it has been in other books. If you're a true fan of Evelyn Anthony's, you might come away with a feeling of missing something.