An Insubstantial Pageant

Baroness Charlotte Raimund - "Lottie" - is entrusted with taking the young Crown Princess Sophia to Vienna to introduce her to society. While there, Sophia and Lottie attract many admirers, from Czar Alexander downwards, but they also draw towards them those who see Sophia as a pawn in a political game and who harbour designs upon the throne she stands to inherit. Men who are prepared to resort to murder in order to gain power. Baroness Lottie's forebodings come true when danger threatens Sophia and the future of their homeland is put at risk.


Genre: Historical