Paris, 1789. As the shadow of the guillotine falls over a nation at
war with itself, three very different women find themselves caught up in
the storm of revolution...
In France under the last Bourbon king, the extravagance grows more
outrageous and the unrest of the poor more dangerous. Into this ferment
are swept the innocent English Sophie Luttrell, visiting France for the
first time, the French aristocrat Héloise de Guinot, who hates the man
her parents have arranged for her to marry, and Marie-Victoire, the
loyal maid, who finds herself immersed in revolutionary politics. They
are the daughters of the storm which is sweeping France - and over the
world. Three women whose lives will be forever marked by this turning
point in history and whose passionate struggle for love, liberty - and
for life - will have unexpected consequences.