A chambermaid with four children and a drunk for a husband, in Sweden in 1925, falls pregnant by the Crown Prince of Sweden. When it is discovered, the family is shipped off to Liverpool to avoid a royal scandal. Gustavus is born half-way across the North Sea so that he has a dual nationality. The family arrive in Liverpool destitute because the husband lost all their money in a card game on board ship. It is snowing, the children are crying, and they have nowhere to live. They are destitute and yet worse is to come... "Yet another cracking and dynamic story from this prolific and inventive author." Claire Ashton-book-reviewer.com