Zoe-Anne Phillips

Alice is growing up in post-war London: a grey world of old bomb sites. Her escape is her imagination, which always brightens her day. But when a new boy starts school, her mind begins playing tricks on her. She’s oddly drawn to him, and whenever they are together the world becomes a more exciting place.

Paris, 1798. While the aristocracy dine, dance, gossip and gamble their way to disaster, the poor and starving dream of revolution. Yann Margoza is destined to be a hero with help from Tetu the dwarf, his friend and mentor; Sido, unloved daughter of the foolish Marquis de Villeduval; and the sinister Count Kalliovski.