It Won't Get You Anywhere

Most of the appeal of the book comes from the vigor of Skirrow's writing, its fast-paced action, and the light-hearted first-person narrative of the hero, John Brock, with its many witty asides. The plot itself is extremely simple, with no sub-plots, complications, or side stories. A rich, powerful, titled, Welsh madman and industrialist, Lord Llewellyn, believes himself to be the direct descendant of Henry VII and hence the legitimate ruler of Great Britain; he has therefore conceived and carried out a 20-year scheme to destroy, in a single moment, the entire electrical grid of England.