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In the year 1764 a young noblewoman stood on trial before the assembled aristocracy of London. This was no trail by law or legal process - in the Blue Gallery of Wiltham House the wife of Baron Weyburn of Starrbellow faced a court of peers and titled members of her own society, determined to find her guilty or fraud, wantonness, and murder. .....Unwillingly entrusted when a young girl to the care of an aunt ambitious to use her beauty for selfish gain, Sophia Devigne was soon the most notorious woman I the gossip-fed world of English society surrounding for Hanoverian court....Here is a remarkable novel - a story of love and intrigue, honor and betrayal, and withal a compelling portrait of a mysterious and fascinating woman.....
