The journal of the Francoise Krasinksa begins with her as a young girl living comfortably with her parents in the court of Maleszow in southern Poland. She is happy and innocent and  nurses a crush on Prince Charles, pretender to the Polish throne. Francoise was related to nearly all the noblest families in Poland. Eminently beautiful, intelligent and witty, her escapades and her fate set tongues wagging in every court in Europe.