This story is so interesting - detective work and a bit of luck leading to a big discovery in the family history. I was very interested in Charles Day's life as told in this book, and the long, long afterlife of his Will in court cases. The scandalous, and yet perfectly normal, second family, and how all the lies around them changed the way those kids were perceived, and how they passed it on. The Dickens connection is interesting, but not the main point of the book. It's mostly about Day's life and second family, and the convoluted way his Will played out in the Chancery Court. Plus some very interesting family history sleuthing.