When Maud Marsh flings herself into American George Benson's cab in Piccadilly, he believes he has met a damsel in distress. George traces his mysterious travelling companion to Belpher Castle, home of Lord Marshmoreton, where life is hilariously muddled.

Born in 1881, in Guildford, Surrey, Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse is one of the most prominent and widely read English humorists.

The Jeeves and Wooster novels and the Blandings Castle series were the most popular books of the author. Some of the books written by him include The Inimitable Jeeves, Carry On, Jeeves, Very Good, Jeeves!, The Bring on the Girls!, A Pelican at Blandings, Ice in the Bedroom, Full Moon, Something Fresh and The Girl in Blue.

He spent a part of his childhood in Hong Kong. When his family came back to England, the young Pelham spent most of his childhood years in a boarding school. He could not follow his dreams of studying in a university because of financial restraints. Wodehouse began his career as a banker, but soon gave it up to become a successful columnist. His first novel, The Pothunters, was published in the year 1902. By the 1930s, he had become the most prominent English writer of this genre. Wodehouse was best known for his novels and short stories, but he was also a lyricist and playwright. He wrote 15 plays, and the lyrics (250) for musical comedies. Wodehouse was married to Ethel Wayman, a twice-widowed American actress and dancer. After marriage, he adopted her daughter.