Abigail Adams, Queen Charlotte, and Marie Antoinette - three women who form an unlikely sisterly bond, navigating revolutions, royal pressures, and personal losses as they forge their own legacy.
After the end of the American War of Independence, Abigail Adams crosses the Atlantic Ocean to reunite with her husband, John, after five years of separation. But she was not prepared for the glamor of the English and French courts, which differed radically from her experience in the newly established United States of America.This obstacle did not discourage Abigail, but she set her sights on establishing relations with the queens of Europe, believing that their support was the key to her nation's future.
In England, Queen Charlotte bears the burden of an entire empire. Her husband, King George III, suffers from a psychological disorder, while political tensions rise and her eldest son plots to seize power. Charlotte struggles to maintain order and decorum, clinging to the solace she finds in her correspondence with her friend Marie Antoinette in France.Revolution sweeps France, and Marie Antoinette watches her world collapse before her eyes. Ostracized by the common people and neglected by a king who refuses to see the coming storm, she faces increasing unrest with her dwindling allies. As tragedy strikes her family, she turns to her friends - Charlotte and Abigail - in a last-ditch effort to find a way forward, and perhaps even survive.The paths of these three women intersect in unexpected ways, in public, in secret, and through letters. They weave a quiet sisterly bond that transcends borders and turmoil, and each one of them faces love and loss, sweetness and conflict, revolution and regret.
