Exquisite, funny, enthusiastic, and calculating, Becky is the daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any way possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is just not enough. Therefore Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her fantasies. However, could be the ultimate cost excessive for her?