Cynthia Harrod-Eagles 
The Emperor 
The Morland Dynasty, Book 11

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 in closer to falling apart; Lucy»s marriage de convenance is in the balance – her affair with Lieutenant Watson 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.