![]() ![]() Richmond is Lord Darracott's favourite, and his grandfather does not wish to see him leave Darracott Place. ![]() He discourages Hugo from contact with Richmond, who is young and preoccupated with military matters. Lord Darracott puts pressure on his older grandchildren, Vincent, Anthea and Claud, to educate Hugo. It become clear that they are expecting a working- or at most lower middle-class man, and Hugo obliges them by adopting a Yorkshire accent and gormless appearance. Hugo Darracott, a physically large young man, arrives at Darracott Place in Sussex to find his family waiting: his grandfather, Lord Darracott his uncle, Matthew, a politician, his wife, Lady Aurelia and their sons Vincent and Claud and his uncle Rupert's widow Elvira and her children Anthea and Richmond. The Unknown Ajax is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer, set in 1817. ![]()
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