First performed about 1805, King Lear is one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth, when the playwright was at the peak of his tragic power, Lear's themes of filial...
Inheritance and succession
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Author:Shakespeare, WilliamSummary: -
Author:Enoch, SuzanneSummary:London socialite Amelia-Rose Baxter is nobody's fool. Her parents may want her to catch a title, but she will never change who she is for the promise of marriage. Her husband will be a man who can appreciate her sharp mind as well as...
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Author:MacNamara, Jane E.Summary:A guide to researching your family’s inheritance history in Ontario. Whether your ancestor left hundreds of acres of land, money, or a few modest belongings, the records created when those legacies were distributed can provide valuable...
- Author:Roberts, NoraSummary:
This program features an author's note read by the author. Inheritance is the first in The Lost Bride Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts--a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for...
- Author:Roberts, NoraSummary:
Inheritance is the first in The Lost Bride Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts-a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations. 1806: Astrid Poole sits in her bridal clothes,...
- Author:Child, LeeSummary:
Pericles "Perry" Christo is a PI with a past--a former cop, who lost his badge and his family when a corruption scandal left him broke and disgraced. When wealthy Upper East Side matron Julia Drusilla summons him one cold February night...
- Author:Thomas, JodiSummary:
Two families long divided by an ancient feud. Can a powerful love finally unite them' Blade Hamilton is the last of his line. He's never even heard of Crossroads, Texas, until he inherits land there. Riding in on his vintage Harley-...
- Author:Green, CassSummary:
As Neve's wreck of a life in London collapses, an unexpected lifeline falls into her lap, a charming cottage in Cornwall. But her dream home quickly becomes her worst nightmare.
- Author:Mills, MarkSummary:
Florence Winslow wakes up in hospital to the news that she has killed a man. On the way to visit her in-laws in rural Connecticut, a car comes out of an unseen junction and ploughs into her. The driver is killed, and Florence is lucky...
- Author:Castle, JayneSummary:
A new adventure begins on Harmony in the brand-new novel from New York Times bestselling author Jayne Castle. Hannah West and Elias Coppersmith have no regrets about their impulsive wedding-because they can't remember it. All either can...
- Author:Wright, SherylSummary:
A secret consortium, a bent banker, and a desperate lawyer are all that stand between Elliott Snowmaker and the inheritance of her great-uncle's failing aircraft restoration business. Elliott doesn't think twice about leaving...
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Author:Brown, H. C.Summary:After a six year absence, Kale Stone returns to Australia to inherit his father’s vineyard, Vine Mountain Winery, but finds a shocking requirement to the will. His homophobic father set an impossible condition: he must marry or reach...
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Author:Forster, E. M.Summary:In turn of the century England, the Wilcoxes are wealthy, the Schlegels are intellectuals and the Basts are poor. But though they are from three different social classes, they are bound by passions, friendships and the occasional murder...
- Author:Rose, JenevaSummary:
A New York Times and USA Today bestseller from New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn't Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet. After...
- Author:Sager, RileySummary:
Every house has a story to tell and a secret to share. Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. Three weeks later they fled in the dead of night, an...
- Author:Enoch, SuzanneSummary:
The MacTaggert brothers have one task: Find English brides or lose their land! Coll MacTaggert, Viscount Glendarril, is a big, brawny Highlander who doesn't like being told what to do-not even by his exasperated English mother who is...
- Author:Kendrick, SharonSummary:
King Casimiro harbors a secret--no one in the kingdom of Zaffrinthos knows that a devastating accident has left his memory clouded in darkness. And Casimiro himself cannot answer why Melissa Maguire, an enigmatic English rose, stirs...
- Author:Miller, Linda LaelSummary:
One ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit...and on one condition. Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will...
- Author:Laberge, RosetteSummary:
Voici un extrait de la lettre que Caroline, Roxanne et Laurie ont reçue d'un notaire: ...Vous êtes conviée à venir passer six mois au manoir de votre oncle. Conscient qu'une telle demande risque de bouleverser votre vie,...
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Author:Enoch, SuzanneSummary:In 1812, when rugged English soldier Gabriel Forrester learns he has inherited a Scottish estate, he resists giving up the battlefield--until he meets raven-eyed Fiona Blackstock. But Fiona, like any good Highlander, despises the...
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