France, 1755. William and Jeanne Neilson, together at last, are living in the deep country and are happier than either ever expected to be. Their children, the foundling Marie-Ange and young William, are growing up. Jeanne devotes her mornings to scientific research while William has exchanged soldiering for agricultural improvement.<br/><br/>Yet both are restless. Jeanne, herself married to a poor Scotsman outlawed in Great Britain, is determined her adoptive daughter shall have a throne. Marie-Ange's grace and rich dowry have caught the eyes of princes all over Europe. But Marie-Ange's heart is firmly elsewhere.<br/><br/>William, still haunted by the loss of his men at the battle of Culloden in 1746, dreams of one last fight to purge his shame.<br/><br/>Then war breaks out again with England, and the family is torn apart and scattered into the unknown.<br/><br/>'An epic voyage well worth taking' Telegraph
