In 1793, when his mother was beheaded at the guillotine, she left her adored eight-year-old son imprisoned in the Temple Tower. Declared dead by the French Revolutionary leaders, this book follows the quest to uncover the truth behind what really happened to the 'Lost King of France', Louis XVII. Almost immediately after he was declared dead in 1795, rumours spread that the Prince had escaped from prison and was, in fact, alive.....