Driven to exile in England following the Russian Revolution, Anna, a young countess, finds work as a housemaid at the Earl of Westerholme's crumbling, but magnificent mansion. When the young Earl returns home from the war, Anna falls hopelessly in love, but they can never be together: he is engaged and she is only a servant after all. A warm and witty novel from this leading writer, with the appeal of classic love stories for teenagers such as "I Capture The Castle".