In the cripplingly cold winter of 1832 a group of high born ladies dispensed soup and sympathy to the starving and destitute of London. Among them was the legendary 'White Lady', Blanche, Lady Davenport.

Famous for her wit and beauty, she was a woman who made her own rules and spurned marital monotony. No man could tempt her from her chosen independence - until she encountered Lord Jason Hunterton.

Unknown to her, he was equally dedicated to saving the poor and neglected, while at the same time pursuing his search for a boy who had been kidnapped by gypsies - a boy rumoured to be the true King of France.

Together Blanche and Jason defied death as fearlessly as they had defied convention, aware that the fullfillment of their quest could change the entire future of France.