Nightcap and Plume

Nightcap and Plume by Marjorie Bowen is about King Gustaf III of England who tries to enact a revolt in Finland and act behind the scenes to bend whole kingdoms to his will. Excerpt: «THE young man who was waiting for the money had much on his mind and heart, but nothing distracted him from his anxious expectancy, neither the letters under his hand on the green leather desk, the half-finished embroidered belt over the blue damask chair, the pair of English pistols in the open case, the roses shook in a northern breeze at the tall window…»