This was an excellent read. It's about what England might be like had it not benefitted from the spoils of colonialism. It's a small, impoverished nation with few natural resources and it has extreme restrictive laws regarding women. A noble born woman is trapped in a terrible marriage, she has no access to the outside world and knows that she is in danger. She attempts to flee her marital home for what she hopes will be a better life in a safer place.