Sir Philip's Folly

Its place in Poor Relation

Sir Philip's Folly is book 4 in the Poor Relation series. It follows Mrs. Budley Falls From Grace. It is followed by Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue. See the full Poor Relation reading order.

Six down-on-their-luck aristocrats -- the widowed Lady Fortescue, spinster Miss Tonks, the flighty Mrs. Budley, dissolute old soldier Colonel Sandhurst, ex-army Sir Philip Sommerville and hard-up gentleman Mr. Davy -- pool what little they have left to open a fashionable hotel in Bond Street, staffing and running it themselves rather than face the poorhouse or a humiliating dependence on relatives. Beginning with Lady Fortescue Steps Out , each of the six novels centers on one member of the makeshift household…