‘Melanie Clegg draws readers into her world, and holds them fast. Her
storytelling left me longing for more.’ — Susan Higginbotham.
‘A gripping tale of the French Revolution‘ – Catherine Delors.
'Utterly gripping and compulsive reading from the first page' - Victoria Lamb.
'Lavish, Fascinating, Epic.'
'By turns funny, terrifying, gorgeous, poignant, this is a sweeping epic of the French Revolution.'
'If you love good stories with a historical background, then this book is worth a read.'
When the beautiful Comtesse de Saint-Valèry is dragged unwillingly from her Parisian home in the dead of night, her three young daughters are left to an uncertain fate at the hands of their father in a world that is teetering on the very edge of Revolution.
Cassandre, the eldest is a beautiful and heartless society beauty, trapped in an unhappy marriage and part of the dazzling court of Versailles. Lucrèce, her twin, is married to a man she adores but he pushes her away for another woman. Meanwhile, Adélaïde, the youngest, rebels against the destiny that her position in society appears to have doomed her to.
As the horror, turmoil and excitement of the French Revolution unfolds around them, the three very different sisters struggle to survive the bloodshed, find love and discover their true selves…
