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Tiden er 1500-tallets Frankrig, hvor en ung og svag kong Charles 9. sidder på tronen, og voldsomme religionskrige raser rundt om i landet. I et forsøg på at skabe forsoning planlægges en alliance mellem kongens søster og huguenot-prinsen Henri af Navarra.
Once upon a time . . . That's how a good story should begin, or so I've been told. Sweet young maidens attending royal balls, falling in love with charming princes, and living happily ever after. That is not my story. Meet Ella Upton, a spirited y
If Ella Upton had any notion of the disasters awaiting her, she would never have got out of bed. . . The morning after the royal ball, Ella enjoys blissful dreams of kissing Commander Horatio Crushington when she is rudely awakened by a clamor. Horrified,