The Regency by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

This is volume thirteen of Miss Harrod-Eagles highly praised Morland Dynasty series of novels. As the title suggests we have now reached the beginning of the nineteenth century and the war with France continues. However, the conflict intrudes only peripheraly on the story of the Morlands whose greatest danger comes from the behaviour of the younger members of the familly. Africa Haworth, daughter of Mary Morland, runs off and joins the circus rather than stay at her school (I do know how she feels) but it is Fanny Morland, heiress to the entire estate and spoiled rotten by her father James, who puts all in jeopardy by marrying fortune hunter George Hawker. Fortunately for the familly she dies in childbirth before her twentyfirst birthday and the estate passes to Lady Henrietta. So that's alright then! Now on to volume fourteen. SPOILER: Bounaparte has escaped from Elba!