The lawyer has been sent by Cedric’s grandfather, who disowned his youngest son when he married an American. One day, a lawyer arrives from the UK, explaining that Cedric’s two uncles have also died, without any children, so he has inherited the title of Lord Fauntleroy one day he will be an earl. Cedric is a lovable child, who has a knack of making friends with people of all ages: from the local grocer to a bootblack who struggles to make ends meet.
His father, who was English, died some years earlier. The story is about a boy called Cedric, who lives with his mother in a fairly run-down New York neighbourhood in the late 1800s. She is probably best-known for her classic ‘The Secret Garden’ but I recalled reading and liking this (her first published book) many years ago.
Browsing through my Kindle, looking for something light but enjoyable to read on a flight, I spotted ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’, one of the children’s books by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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