The Chevalier by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Volume seven of Miss Harrod-Eagles Dynasty saga takes the Morland familly through the upheaval of the reigns of William and Mary and Queen Anne. When James the Second goes into exile Annunciata Morland and her sons Charles, Earl of Chelmsford and his younger brother Maurice go with him. It is truly said that no King who leaves his country ever returns as King and this slowly dawns on the impoverished and shrinking Court at St. Germain. Then, as Queen Anne dies and is succeeded by the unpopular Prince George Lewis of Hanover, supporters of the House of Stuart judge the time ripe for an uprising. Fate and bad leadership doom it to failure and Annunciata returns to England where the rest of her familly has stayed keeping their heads down and hanging on to their estates. Miss Harrod-Eagles has boundless imagination and a true storytellers gift.