When Lady Duff Gordon, stricken with tuberculosis, leaves her home and family for the hot, dry climate of Egypt, her lady’s maid, Sally, accompanies her. Much to Sally’s delight, Egypt offers her freedoms she would never have known in London. She wears native clothing, learns Arabic, and falls in love with their Egyptian interpreter, Omar. However, her new freedoms may prove her undoing. A riveting plot with fascinating characters based on real-life events, Sally’s story examines power, race and class distinctions during Queen Victoria’s era.