St Petersburg: One violent night in the October Revolution ends the lavish life of the Romanov court forever – shattering the dreams of young Countess Zoya Ossupov. 

          Paris: former aristocrats struggle for survival as taxi drivers and ballet dancers. Zoya flees there in poverty and leaves in glory. 

          America: fast cars and furs in the Roaring Twenties; a world of comfort and café society that would come crashing down without warning. 

          Zoya – a true heroine of our time – emerges triumphant from this panoramic web of history into the 80s to faces challenges and triumphs.