Nyckelord Class Distinction

Bortskämda, brittiska överklassmänniskor blir strandsatta på en öde ö tillsammans med sina tjänare, och måste försöka finna ett sätt att överleva i väntan på räddning.

Om greve Dakkar som lyckats framställa en undervattensfarkost, med vilken han ämnar utforska den djupa vattengrav där en hittills outforskad amfibiemänniskoart antas leva. Baron Falon har dock andra, krigsinriktade, planer för undervattensfarkosten.

A young woman is hired as a maid to an heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a gentleman to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.

A tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. When the Trenchards accept an invitation to the now legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond on the fateful evening of the Battle of Waterloo, it sets in motion a series of events that will have consequences for decades to come as secrets unravel behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest postcode.