Having survived the 1871 siege of Paris with her mother the Queen of Dabrozka, Princess Ilona is summoned back to the war-ravaged kingdomof her father, a tyrannical monarch whose unjust rule has divided thenation into two factions: her own Radák people and the Sáros. Worsestill, Russia threatens to march on Dabrozka to impose their iron-clad style of order. Only Ilona can save her country from this fate ? by making a terrible sacrifice. At the Prime Minister? s request, shemust marry the Prince of Sáros, their union bringing together thepeople. This she will do, this she must do ? but what her pride willnot allow her is to love the aloof, indifferent Prince. Humiliated bythe Prince? s evident disregard, and beaten by her own father on theeve of her wedding, it seems that love will never fill her heart ? but as warclouds gather over Dabrozka, both the Prince and the Proud Princes are about to share a dramatic change of heart!
