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 |
Publisher: | Little, Brown |
Imprint: | Sphere |
Published date: | 04 Aug 1988 |
DEWEY: | 823.914 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 512 |
Weight: | 298g |
Height: | 179mm |
Width: | 108mm |
Spine width: | 36mm |