Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.
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Oscar's men rush to take Andre to a doctor, relentlessly charging through rows of firing enemy soldiers. At Tuileries, more than 10 doctors tend to his wound. Andre expresses a strong will to live
Mortally wounded, Oscar's last request is that the former French Guards continue firing and seize Bastille Prison
Oscar discovers that she has tuberculosis. Since the only known cure for it is rest and a good environment, her doctor tells her to quit the military and move to a country mansion or else she would die in half-a-year
New to the French court, Marie is still learning proper etiquette regarding nobility. But things become bad when Marie unwittingly snubs the King's mistress, Madame du Barry, and makes a dangerous enemy.
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