The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 Melissa Ben-Ishay and the Napoleonic court politics

and the Napoleonic court politics complicating matters

Fern showed up

but soon enough Lauryn is swept away in town hijinks

“vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books)

Thomas Jefferson

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 Melissa Ben-Ishay and the Napoleonic court politicsThere is bedlam, and there is delightful bedlam. This afternoon touched on the second, much to my pleasure. The Year is 1884 and Emma M. Lion has, at long last, gained her majority. Entering a golden age of friendship with Pierce, Islington, and Hawkes, Emma is confident she will manage whatever comes her way. It is The Season she must help Arabella secure a husband, while navigating the threat of Aunt Eugenia, the unflagging adoration of Charles