Henri de Lagardere, the best swordsman in France, suddenly finds himself duty-bound to protect the baby female heir of a murdered friend--a girl who matures into a beautiful woman who will one day inherit a princely fortune--a girl with whom Henri falls
The French are keeping the son of the King of Poland in protective custody. Czar Peter the Great, who covets Poland, sends agents to France to kill the heir, but the Polish resistance wants Prince Stanislaw to return home and lead the opposition. The Russians
