The entail, or, The lairds of Grippy

About “The entail, or, The lairds of Grippy”

The novel follows Claude, an eighteenth-century Glasgow merchant, whose obsession with property and land leads him to victimize his family. After his death, his widow, referred to as "the Leddy," transforms from a passive figure into a resilient matriarch, restoring balance to human values while the former obsessions are tempered and humanized.