After generations of fighting amongst the ruling families of eleventh-century Occitania, the marriage of Almodis de La Marche to Hugh of Lusignan is intended to bring peace and harmony to the region. But at a time when a noblewoman’s purpose is to produce heirs, Almodis resolves to create her own dynasty.

Based on the life of a real woman, accused by a medieval historian of being afflicted with ‘a Godless female itch’, the story follows Almodis as she breaks the rules and expectations of her society.