Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer (2011) St. Martin’s Press 

A rambling story about a boy, Harry Clifton, born from an encounter that wasn’t intended.  His mother married another man a month after conception.  The man he has been told was his father ended-up trapped in the skin of a ship during construction.  His real father is the heir to a Lord.  The book is part of a seven volume chronicle, this first volume covers the time between World War I and World War II.