1795: the shadow of Bonaparte has fallen across Europe and touches each member of the far-flung Morland family.
As the century draws to a close, Jemima Morland wearily ackowledges that her life is also nearing its end, but she has scant peace as her unpredictable children behave ever more incomprehensibly: James's marriage to Mary Ann is closer to falling apart; Lucy's marriage de convenance is in the balance - her affair with Lieutenant Watson is an open scandal.
Mary bears a daughter on board her husband's ship during the battle of the Nile; and William supports a mistress whose marriage cannot be dissolved.
Jemima's death appears to unite the family but, as ever with the Morlands, the future holds more peril than hope.
| ISBN: | 9780751506488 |
| Publication date: | 4th August 1988 |
| Author: | Cynthia HarrodEagles |
| Publisher: | Sphere an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 512 pages |
| Series: | The Morland Dynasty |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Alternative history fiction Historical romance Family Drama Speculative fiction |