A sarcastic roman noir with humorous and snarky righters of wrongs that we don't want to get caught.

In the 19th century, the wealthy used their fortunes to buy replacements for their children to keep them from going to war. Today, they have very rich heirs and unknown descendants that could legally inherit!
An incredible cast of characters: insufferable bad guys, oblivious rich people, idealists, an island ruled by a matriarchy, admirable women, all set against the remarkable portrait of a Paris under siege by the Prussians and the court's move to Batignolles.