V kurortnom gorodke, gde ranshe obretalis tolko starye devy, iznezhennye baryshni i utonchennye damy, griadut bolshie peremeny! Voina s Napoleonom privela na uiutnye ulochki i naberezhnye tcelyi polk soldat i ofitcerov pod komandovaniem Viktora Bremvella... Odnako ot prisutstviia grubykh i gromoglasnykh muzhchin v mundirakh daleko ne v vostorge obitatelnitcy gorodka, i v pervuiu ochered ocharovatelnaia, reshitelnaia Siuzanna Finch. Ona obiavliaet Bremvellu nastoiashchuiu voinu, sama ne ponimaia, chto poroi ot nenavisti do liubvi vsego lish shagвÐ"¦