About the book: year / The amazing story of Marianne D'Asselna de Villeneuve originates in England, in the quiet estate of Aunt Ellis Selton, who sheltered the girl after the death of her parents who lost their lives on the guillotine during the French Revolution. Marianne's adolescence ends suddenly on her wedding day with the handsome Francis Cranmer, with whom the girl has long been secretly in love. But the first wedding night comes, and she immediately loses her love, money, and peace. Marianne has to flee, leaving behind everything that is dear to her; she returns to France, where the man whom she was taught to hate day after day reigns supreme... A dark period begins in the life of Marianne, who has never recovered from her affair with Napoleon. Who is the man in blue who found himself in the theater box on the day of her triumph? Was it really Francis Cranmer, the unworthy husband whom she thought she had killed for her dishonor when he lost her at whist on her wedding day? And then there’s the hellish torment of jealousy because of the emperor’s imminent marriage! Only new love could free her from the shackles of her painful past. But who is this Tuscan stranger, the owner of an amazing and luxurious palazzo that seems to keep terrible secrets? After her marriage in Italy, having become Princess Sant'Anna, Marianne D'Asselna returns to Paris. The emperor's passion for her faded away, and Marianne herself managed to sort out her feelings. By chance, at a ball, she excitedly meets someone who once risked his life to save her. Jason Beaufort, a sailor from the other side of the Atlantic, a tireless adventurer, is already married, but still in love with Marianne, as on the day they first met. A terrible conspiracy of imperial politicians is woven around their broken hearts. Jason is sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and Marianne fearlessly challenges the emperor himself...Marianne becomes the emperor's secret ambassador, she is entrusted with an important mission in Constantinople, on the way to which, after much anticipation and adversity, she will finally meet with Jason Beaufort. He will be waiting for her in Venice so that they can continue their journey together on his ship. But from the first days of their voyage together, the relationship between Marianne and Jason deteriorates greatly. A man whom she thought she knew well, blinded by jealousy, begins to behave like a real savage. One evening, Dr. Layton bursts into her cabin, accompanied by a crowd of sailors, and, claiming to be acting on behalf of the captain, throws her alone in a boat far from the shores. Half dead from thirst, she is picked up by a fisherman and taken to the island of Santorini. Will Marianne be able to complete her mission? And is desperate passion and faith in love still alive in her? Wounded, abandoned to fate, a victim of betrayal, will she ever find her happiness??