The House of Lords will never be the same.... Disinclined to watch her language or moderate her manners, ''Jack'' Troutbeck - assisted by her old friend Robert Amiss - plots vigorously with others to scupper an anti - hunting bill of which she violently disapproves. But she hadn't expected the cam - paign of intimidation mounted by the animal activists and the attempt on the life of one of her allies. And now there are scenes of horrifying carnage amongst the peers....