The Schirmer Inheritance

The Schirmer Inheritance
	First edition
Author	Eric Ambler
Language	English
Publisher	Heinemann
Publication date	1953
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
OCLC	001026701
Preceded by	Judgment on Deltchev
Followed by	The Night-Comers

The Schirmer Inheritance is a 1953 novel by Eric Ambler.^[1] It was adapted for television in 1957 by ITV.^[2]

Plot

George Carey is a former WWII bomber pilot and recently qualified lawyer. In 1951 or 1952,^[3] Carey is tasked with going through the Schneider Johnson files, to check that nothing has been overlooked in the search for the heir to the Schirmer fortune.

References

^ Lewis, C. Day (26 July 1953). "With a Flair for Creating Alarm; THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE. By Eric Ambler. 246 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $3". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ Burton, Alan (31 January 2018). Looking-Glass Wars: Spies on British Screens since 1960. Vernon Press. ISBN 978-1-62273-290-6.
^ Wolfe, Peter (1993). Alarms and epitaphs : the art of Eric Ambler. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 89. ISBN 0879726032.

[1] Lewis, C. Day (26 July 1953). "With a Flair for Creating Alarm; THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE. By Eric Ambler. 246 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $3". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[ITV-2] Burton, Alan (31 January 2018). Looking-Glass Wars: Spies on British Screens since 1960. Vernon Press. ISBN 978-1-62273-290-6.

[Wolfe-3] Wolfe, Peter (1993). Alarms and epitaphs : the art of Eric Ambler. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 89. ISBN 0879726032.

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