Mr. Scarborough's Family (Pocket classics)

Mr Scarborough's Family (First published 1883) By Anthony Trollope On his deathbed, Mr Scarborough hands his lawyer papers showing did not marry his wife until after the birth of his son Mountjoy. This means Mountjoy a compulsive gambler who is already in debt is illegitimate and will not inherit his fortune. Instead, Mr Scarborough s second son, a barrister, becomes heir. But it is far from a happy ending as the barrister is a manipulative and evil man, plotting to push his father into an early grave.