In the early years of World War 2, Margot Dudley works her way up from usherette to leading lady in a West End show. Driven by blind ambition Margot becomes immersed in the heady world of nightclubs, drink, drugs and fascist thugs - all set against a background of the London Blitz. To achieve her dream, Margot risks losing everything she holds dear. APPLAUSE is the second book in the DUDLEY SISTERS QUARTET.