My Lord of Wrybourne

by Jeffery Farnol

First published 1948

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2.5(4)

The story continues the fortunes of Sam Felton after the inheritance that transformed a practical seaman into an English peer. Possessing the title proves less difficult than living with its obligations: family interests, old enemies and the expectations attached to landed rank continue to threaten Sam and the people he values, while the romance begun in Heritage Perilous develops under renewed pressure.

Farnol again contrasts competence learned outside the aristocracy with the rituals of Georgian privilege. The estate and title are not rewards that end the adventure but sources of responsibility, making inheritance an ongoing political and domestic problem. Published in the United States as Most Sacred of All, the novel completes Sam’s story by testing whether loyalty and affection can survive the social power that wealth and lineage confer.