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1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is a housekeeper and cousin of the once famous writer William Ainsworth. An extraordinary personality, she loves literature and knows: Mr. Charles Dickens' reputation is ambiguous, and England is a country of hypocrisy.
Andrew Bogle is a slave from a plantation in Jamaica, where a lump of sugar is someone's life, some rich people surround others with their fingers, and it's so easy to manipulate people. The main witness in a high-profile fraud case, Bogle understands: the future depends on the story he tells.
The scandalous Tichbourne case, in which a simple Australian butcher claims to be the rightful heir to a title and a huge fortune, captivates all of England and attracts the attention of Mrs. Touchet. Is Roger Tichbourne really who he claims to be - or is he a fraud? Mrs. Touchet is a woman of experience, Mr. Bogle is no fool, and in a world of philistinism and tyranny they must find the truth.
Who has the right to tell the story and who is allowed to believe? This is a kaleidoscopic novel about the secrets of "other people", colonial Jamaica and imperial Britain, from a recognized master of irony.