Jane Austen gave life to the fictional Watson family in 1803 - and having abandoned them five chapters in - Joan Aiken completes their story here in her ingenious novel, Emma Watson.

Emma Watson has been brought up by her aunt in a wealthy and refined household, an educated lifestyle far removed from her widowed father and five siblings. So when her aunt enters into an imprudent second marriage and nineteen year old Emma is sent back home, she must join her sisters in their pursuit of husbands...

Aiken takes on the fate of Austen's characters with confidence and skill, flawlessly entwining themes of loss and love together in this stunning regency pastiche.