← Back to search
Cover of An Insubstantial Pageant

An Insubstantial Pageant

Sheila F. Walsh (1986)

SubgenreHistorical Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages ()
SettingContemporary
Goodreads4.1/5 (91)

Content levels

ViolenceNot rated
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageNot rated

Trigger warnings

Not yet tagged

Positive tags

Not yet tagged

Tropes

Not yet tagged

Themes

Not yet tagged

Synopsis

Baroness Charlotte Raimund - "Lottie" - is entrusted with taking the young Crown Princess Sophia to Vienna to introduce her to society. While there, Sophia and Lottie attract many admirers, from Czar Alexander downwards, but they also draw towards them those who see Sophia as a pawn in a political game and who harbour designs upon the throne she stands to inherit. Men who are prepared to resort to murder in order to gain power. Baroness Lottie's forebodings come true when danger threatens Sophia and the future of their homeland is put at risk.