The Wardrobe Mistress by Meghan Masterson

At one point Giselle’s uncle who used to be part of a spy ring called the secret du roi, asks her to spy on the queen and Giselle doesn’t hesitate in doing because at first it seems like a great adventure. Taking place during the French revolution, the story is about a young woman named Giselle who works in the royal household as one of Marie Antoinette’s undertirewomen. The Wardrobe Mistress is Meghan Masterson’s fascinating and visceral debut, not to be missed. Violence is escalating she must choose where her loyalty truly lies, or risk losing everything…maybe even her head.

She also enjoys using her insight from Versailles in lively debates with Leon Gauvain, the handsome and idealistic revolutionary who courts her.īut as the revolution continues to gain momentum, and Giselle grows closer to the Queen, becoming one of the few trusted servants, she finds herself dangerously torn.

Spying seems like an adventure and an exciting way to privately support the revolution taking the countryside by storm. When her uncle, a retired member of the secret du roi, a spy ring that worked for the old King, Louis XV, suggests that she casually report the Queen s actions back to him as a game, she leaps at the chance. But every few weeks she returns home to visit her family in the Parisian countryside where rumors of revolution are growing stronger.įrom her position working in the royal household, Giselle is poised to see both sides of the revolutionary tensions erupting throughout Paris. A budding designer, it’s a dream come true to work with the beautiful fabrics and jewels in the queen’s wardrobe. At sixteen, she is one of Marie Antoinette’s newest undertirewomen, and in awe of the glamorous queen and her opulent palace life. It’s Giselle Aubry’s first time at court in Versailles.

The Wardrobe Mistress by Meghan Masterson