The Emperor Av Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

<P><B>1795: the shadow of Bonaparte has fallen across Europe and touches each member of the far-flung Morland family.<br></B><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Jemima''s death appears to unite the family but, as ever with the Morlands, the future holds more peril than hope.</P>