London, 1788. The calm order of Queen Charlotte's court is shattered by screams. Her beloved husband, England's King, has gone mad. Left alone with thirteen children and a country at war, Charlotte must fight to hold her husband's throne in a time of revolutionary fever. But it is not just the guillotine that Charlotte fears: it is the King himself. Her six daughters are desperate to escape their palace asylum. Their only chance lies in a good marriage, but no Prince wants the daughter of a madman. They are forced to take love wherever they can find it - with devastating consequences. The moving true story of George III's madness and the women whose lives it destroyed.