- She was a schoolmistress with a difference. Proud, cultured, romantic, her ideas were progressive, even shocking. And when she decided to transform a group of young girls under her tutelage into the crème de la crème of Marcia Blaine school, no one could have predicted the outcome.Introduced into a world of adult games and intrigues, the Brodie Set were honoured, privileged - in exchange for their undivided loyalty ...