Editorial Review:
A gentleman’s fortune is subject to the property he owns and
its asset value. Poor Lucius, Viscount Rokemore’s inheritance is somewhat dilapidated.
Unfortunately all avenues of raising a loan are exhausted. The humiliating prospect
of a convenient marriage to a rich heiress is for Rokemore an outrageous
proposition. As an alternative he turns to a sporting pastime with great hopes
of quadrupling his finances. A strict training regime takes priority. With
triumphal victories guineas fall from heaven. In the meanwhile, his gallant
nature proves extremely fortunate and results in a charmingly romantic affair, itself
incurring unforeseen danger. But Rokemore is a true knight in a frockcoat, and with
wonderful sense of historical atmosphere, the author needles a well written,
well-researched tapestry of one man’s sheer determination to rebuild his ailing
estate and owe not a penny to a living soul. Therefore it is a great pleasure
to bestow a Georgian Award to Sarah Waldock, for The Valiant Viscount.
