Brat Farrar - Hardcover

Tey, Josephine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786225548 ISBN 13: 9780786225545

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2000

Synopsis

When Brat poses as an heir to the Ashby fortune and prize stables, he becomes more involved with the family than he expected, especially when the true heir discovers his secret.

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Review:

Brat Farrar has been carefully coached to assume the identity of Patrick Ashby, heir to the Ashby fortune who disappeared when he was 13. Just when it seems that Brat will pull off the deception, he discovers the truth about Patrick's disappearance, a dark secret that threatens to tear apart the family and jeopardize Brat's carefully laid plans. Called "the best of its kind" by the New Yorker, Josephine Tey's classic is a tale of unrelenting suspense and tension.

From the Back Cover:

In this tale of mystery and suspense, a stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick's mannerism's, appearance, and every significant detail of Patrick's early life, up to his thirteenth year when he disappeared and was thought to have drowned himself. It seems as if Brat is going to pull off this most incredible deception until old secrets emerge that jeopardize the imposter's plan and his life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0786225548
• ISBN 13: 9780786225545
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 437