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The endgame of a tontine can naturally result in confusion, intrigue, and/or murder. This was a basis of the plots of several novels, most famously R.L. Stevens
by wrs 2y ago
The endgame of a tontine can naturally result in confusion, intrigue, and/or murder. This was a basis of the plots of several novels, most famously R.L. Stevenson’s The Wrong Box.
- rundmc 2y agoGreat entertainment although the Simpsons did the best fictional Tontine IMHO:https://tontine.com/videos/simpsons/ https://tontine.com/videos/simpsons/ That said, each Last Will & Testament creates the same scenario and (unlike in a Tontine) you typically know who you are in the Will alongside but this still doesn't seem to result in a spate of murder cases either.
- wrs 2y agoI dunno, there are plenty of good old British mysteries where the detective's first question is "what does the will say?"
- ggm 2y agoBrilliantly filmed in 1966. Stellar cast. Captures the subdued eroticism of seeing victorian ladies ankles, lawks!