1848-Baden-Baden, the Grand Duchy of Baden, the German Confederation. Decades of political, social, and economic unrest begin to unravel into small outbursts of revolution across Europe. Whispers of disquiet rise across the German states against the government, calling for reform and unity, and in Baden, the rise of a new republic if necessary, even if it means war to achieve their demands. For Josefina Henf, the unrest around her is only a mirror of the turmoil in her heart. She yearns for a different life beyond her existence as a simple seamstress in picturesque Baden-Baden; she dreams of travel and becoming a writer, no easy feat for a woman of her class. She is young-only seventeen-and headstrong, but little does she know that the unrest around her will lead to a choice that could change her life forever. She is willing to sacrifice her dreams to marry the man she loves-but is she prepared to lose everything else she holds dear?