Christopher Marshall is born during the turbulent times of the British Civil War, when the Puritans fought the Royalists. To keep him safe from conscription into the army, Christopher’s father dresses him as a girl at an early age and they keep up the masquerade until he reaches his teens. Christopher goes to London where his expertise at playing a woman gets him a job as an actress on the London stage. Eventually circumstances lead to his traveling to Italy and The New World before returning to England to find his true destiny.