A life told in letters, a two sided plot watched through treasoners eyes. When a widow’s son becomes unfit to rule and a young girl is unwillingly dragged into a position to overthrow him, a castle teeming on the precipice of veiled impropriety and a king’s deposition is tipped over the edge. In a kingdom rife with treason and intrigue, courtesans are the grapes hanging from a vine, swollen with secrets and scandal. Each can be plucked down if one twists them just so, and that is exactly wha ...