Garrick's Pupil

'Garrick's Pupil' is a romance novel. Seventeen year old actress Esther Woodville arrives in London for her theatre performances, where she becomes acquainted with Lady Vereker. Both ladies are known to the hedonistic young Lord Mowbray, who has been making advances to Esther. Lady Vereker on the other hand is his former lover and wants to win him back. Meanwhile Esther is having her portrait done by the famous painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. His young assistant Francis Monday, an orphan taken in by Sir Joshua, oddly resembles Lord Mowbray, and can't help but steal glances at Esther…