About the book: 2022 / Achilles Templeton learns that after the death of his father, two conditions specified in the will separate him from entering into an inheritance: marriage and the birth of a son. Only after this will he receive the title of Duke of Audley and be able to dispose of the Thornhaven estate. Rummaging through the papers, Achilles finds an agreement concluded between his father and his neighbor and friend Clarence Hall. Longtime friends agreed that the Duke of Audley's son would marry Clarence Hall's unborn eldest daughter…