Paris in 1789 is a city filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries - and - magicians...

Seventeen - year - old orphan Camille has to provide for her frail sister and her volatile brother. They survive by using the petty magic she learnt from their mother - transforming scrap metal into coins. But when things take a turn for the worse, Camille must pursue a more dangerous mark : the glittering court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette's Versailles.

Using magic, Camille transforms herself into a glamorous Baroness, But as she is swept up into a dizzying world of riches and finery, suitors and revolutionaries, Camille soon discovers that she's not the only one leading a double life.