As heiress to the famous Laurent Fashion Dolls business, Marguerite Ashbyzs future seems secure. But France still seethes with violence in the wake of the Revolution. And when Margueritezs husband is killed during a riot, the young widow travels to Edinburgh and becomes apprentice to her old friend, Marie Tussaud, who has established a wax exhibition.

When Prime Minister William Pitt commissions a wax figure of Admiral Nelson, Marguerite becomes immersed in a dangerous adventurezand earns the admiration of two very different men. And as Britain battles to overthrow Napoleon, Marguerite will find her loyalties under fire from all sides. With a masterful eye for details, Christine Trent brings one of historyzs most fascinating eras to life in of a story of desire, ambition, treachery, and courage.