Chick

Among the most prolific of all authors of adventure fiction was the redoubtable Edgar Wallace. During the peak of his success during the 1920s, it was said that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him.

• In this classic comedy, an office boy unexpectedly inherits the title of Marquis.

• Mildly comic with a likeable title character, an enjoyable piece of fluff.

As well as dealing with this unexpected elevation in his status, and learning how to behave as a member of the aristocracy he also has to protect his newly inherited estate from clever con-men who try to convince him that there is oil on his land and after a series of adventures win the girl he loves.