The dashing Marquis of Oakenshaw is asked by the Foreign Secretary tovisit Siam to reassure the King who has been upset by Britain and France quarrelling over the frontiers. Wealthy, handsome and aconfirmed bachelor, the Marquis asks several friends to accompany himon his yacht to stave off the boredom of the long journey, includingthe latest Social Beauty ? the recently widowed Lady Bradwell. Atthe last moment, Lady Bradwell, having accepted excitedly, findsherself without a lady? s maid. Her cousin Tarina, also very beautifulbut extremely poor, agrees to come with her under a disguisedname. How Tarina learns for the first time of the intrigues andtemptations of Society but how she also lifts her eyes to the stars is told in this romance novel by Barbara Cartland.