The Cast Iron Man
by
Michael Legat



From an early age Edward Harcourt knew that he was expected to devote his life to has late father's silk-making business. Failing this, the only other option open to him was to join his 'Uncle' Richard in Norfolk and specialise in brocade. Neither choice appealed - but what did interest him was the mystery surrounding this 'Uncle' Richard.

When the long-hidden truth finally emerged, Edward fled in horror from the certain knowledge of his parentage, and found himself in London ready to start a new life. Desperate to distance himself from his family's industry, he opted for work in the manfacture of cast-iron fireplaces and curios. There he found considerable success - and an escape from his mother's suffocating grasp.

Set in the last years of the nineteenth century, The Cast Iron Man continues the turbulent saga of the Harcourt and Goodwin families first introduced in The Silk Maker.


The Cast Iron Man was first published by Souvenir Press in 1987
and republished in 2001 by House of Stratus.



The Cast Iron Man is now out of print.