← Robert Hugh BensonLord of the Worldby Robert Hugh BensonDystopian novel depicting a future world dominated by secular materialismFind on Amazon↗About the authorRobert Hugh BensonR. H. Benson, son of Archbishop Benson and brother of E. F. and A. C. Benson, was a prolific Catholic novelist whose fiction dramatised religious conversion and historical persecution. His dystopian Lord of the World remains striking.More by Robert Hugh BensonCome Rack! Come Rope!Historical novel set during the Tudor persecution of English Catholics→The King's AchievementHistorical novel exploring religious conflict during the English Reformation→The Queen's Tragedy→Richard Raynal Solitary→