The philanthropist's danse

By Paul Wornham

Subjects: Successions et héritages, Romans, nouvelles, Inheritance and succession, Fiction

Description: Twelve people. Five days. One fortune. Johnston Thurwell, one of the world's richest men, dies unexpectedly. His family expects to inherit his wealth but instead, they discover the dying philanthropist has spent his last days planning something called The danse. The twelve most important people in his life are brought together to decide the most important question at the end of it: who will inherit his fortune?