After ten long years of war and revolution, the Peace of Amiens has given Europe time to breathe.

While some might disparage the terms of the peace and warn of the ambitions of the First Consul of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, Britain's new Prime Minster, Henry Addington, knows that his exhausted country desperately needed an end to the conflict.

In celebration of this new European order, the young Tsar of Russia is in London on a state visit. At the same time the French, Spanish and American ambassadors have arrived to represent their fine nations. It is a time for celebration, pomp and ceremony - as well as for intrigue and espionage, as the nations of Europe each vie for position and for the spoils of the last war...

More importantly it is the start of the London Season. The beginning of a whirlwind of balls, concerts, parties and sporting events. It is a time to be introduced into society; to be seen promenading in all one's fashionable finery, and a time to find a suitable husband or wife.

But, away from salons and ballrooms of High Society, all is not well... The King is mad, and Parliament is divided on whether his decadent son should be declared Regent or not. The Irish Question remains a running sore, and the Slave Trade divides the nation. While in the countryside, trouble is brewing at the mills and factories, as General Ludd challenges the relentless advance of industry and innovation.