"I love him." The summer of 1789. France is wracked by violence and upheaveal. The deputies defy the King, the Bastille falls, chateaux are burnt and ravaged. Adele Desmarrins sees her childhood home pillaged, but none of these events matter as much to her as her newly discovered love for her husband, a love she is certain he does not return. "He values me," she says, "it's not the same thing. And I love him. God help me, I love him."