TO REASON WHY
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Benjamin who I call Ben. Ben's parents passed their Estate Windsdale hall to to Ben as the eldest son. It had been in the family for over four hundred years. On the death of his father Archibald Benson -Smythe Ben treats his mother Margaret appallingly and he has no wish for his two younger brothers James and Charles to have anything to do with the running of the Estate. Consequently his brothers take a different path in life. Ben's gambling and drunken behaviour almost costs him the Estate until his long suffering wife Jane stands up to him and takes over the management of the Estate. Ben is so jealous of his brother's success that he schemes up a plan to murder James hoping that he will benefit financially but does he succeed or does his scheming plan back fire
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To Reason Why is a complete fictitious story . It is based in Yorkshire and Australia. Archibald and Margaret Benson-Smythe inherited an Estate of over a thousand acres which had been in the family for over four hundred years. This they intended that their three sons. Benjamin, James and Charles should carry on after their deaths. Benjamin called Ben inherited as the eldest son but was a bully and a hypocrite and had no intention of having his two brothers to work with him, consequently they made their own way in life James emigrated to Australia with his new wife . Charles started a wool mill and as the two of them became more and more successful Ben became more and more jealous of them He schemes up a plan to have James murdered. But does his scheme back fire. Ben's long suffering wife Jane of twelve years and produced six children turns the tables on him.
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To Reason Why is Amy's fifth novel and is a completely fictitious novel where as her previous four The Brook Runs Free Book one and two (War Changes Everything) Bitter Triangles and To Marry for Love Money or Lust. Are true stories based around a hill in Shropshire called the Wrekin. She has also written and illustrated a children's book for her friend Brenda in memory of Brenda's late husband Sam who was a chimney sweep for many years, It is called The Tale of the Chimney Sweep.