Zhizn" korolevskoy lyubovnitsy daleko ne vsegda prazdnik: peremenchivoe nastroenie monarkha, proiski sopernits, pautina pridvornykh intrig, dorogovizna prazdnestv i naryadov, nezakonnorozhdennye deti, ne slishkom chestno dobytye tituly, tolpy bednykh rodstvennikov, alchushchikh vygod i privilegiy, i… oskorblennyy suprug, reshivshiy vosstanovit" porugannuyu chest". Istoriya zhizni Alisii Al"tamira, rasskazannaya ey samoy.