The Empress, Sisi, is known as the great beauty of Europe. Bay is well known throughout society as being quite the ladies man….but not a suitable match….especially for an heiress.Įveryone is excited for hunting season to begin, especially with the presence of the exiled Queen of Naples and her glamorous sister, the Empress of Austria in the field of hunters. She is the first woman in a long time that he feels like he could fall in love with. Bay plans to ride his prized horse, Tipsy, in the hunt where he will undoubtedly be in at the kill.īay is drawn to Charlotte’s spunk and spirit. Bay is the best rider in all of England, and he has hopes of one day winning the Grand National race.Ĭharlotte and Bay meet again at a ball where the upcoming Pytchley hunt is on everyone’s lips. Something that will change the path that her brother and his future wife have planned for her.Īt the opera Charlotte meets the dashing Calvary officer, Bay Middleton. So far her only real suitor is Captain ‘Chicken’ Hartopp, who is equally as rich as she but rather boring, older, and unattractive.Ĭharlotte and her brother are to attend another society opera that is sure to bore Charlotte to tears….but something happens at the opera. Her real passion in life is her photography–a rather unladylike hobby.

Her over bearing brother is set to marry into the upper crust of English society and he hopes to make another advantageous match for his sister.Ĭharlotte could care less about society and marriage. Quirky Charlotte, as the heiress to the Lenox fortune, is one of the most wealthy women in England.

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