Before Princess Margaret before Duchess Meghan there was Princess Louise: royal rebel. As the
fourth daughter of the perpetually in-mourning Queen Victoria Princess Louise's life is more a
gilded prison than a fairy tale. Expected to sit quietly next to her mother with down-cast eyes
Louise vows to escape the stultifying royal court. Blessed with beauty artistic talent and a
common touch she creates a life outside the walled-in existence of the palace grounds by
attending the National Art Training School-where she shockingly learns to sculpt nude models
while falling passionately in love with famed sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm. But even as Louise
cultivates a life outside the palace she is constantly reminded that even royal rebels must
heed the call of duty-and for a princess that means marriage. Refusing to leave England she
agrees to a match with the Duke of Argyll and although her heart belongs to another she is
determined to act out her public role perfectly even if her private life teeters on the brink
of scandal. But when a near fatal accident forces Louise back under her mother's iron rule she
realizes she must choose: give in to the grief of lost love or find the strength to fight for
her unconventional life.
