Edward Glyver grows up with his single mother in a coastal city. His mother is an author and spends countless hours writing. Edward grows up as a scholar and a bibliophile, having been able to attend a good school through the help of one of his mother's friends. When she dies, he discovers something amazing. She was not his mother at all. She was raising him as a favor for her best friend, a woman who was married to nobility. But Edward has no legal proof.
He becomes friends with various men who hold parts of the puzzle and who help him. Chief among these is his boss, who owns a legal firm and who hired Edward when he returned to England from several years abroad. Edward also falls in love along the way and that may be his downfall.
This is the first novel in a series. It is written in a Victorian manner and reminded me of several Charles Dickens novels. Edward has a nemesis who haunts his life and has since boyhood. He is also about to win the place in life that should be Edward's. Who will be recognized as the rightful heir to estates and unimaginable wealth? Cox is an English author and this is his debut novel. It is recommended for literary fiction readers.
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