Castle Malindine Hardcover – January 1, 1975 by Hilary Ford 
 
Arabella Harley, as spunky as she is pretty, has grown up as the adoring daughter of an adoring father, and her pride in him has not been lessened by their recent financial reverses. Mr. Harley, an incorrigible optimist, has an unbroken record of guessing wrong about supposedly safe investments, and therefore Arabella is dubious indeed about his latest "sure thing": his conviction - based chiefly on a gold-handled cane inherited from the father he never knew - that he is the true heir to a great title and estate. Yet she agrees to go with him to Ireland to prove his claim.
 
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