Constantine Falcon is a young Greek adventurer who washes up, shipwrecked and penniless, on the shores of 17th century Siam. Within twenty years he is the Prime Minister of Siam. To get there he schemes, double-deals and charms, forges an alliance between Siam and King Louis IV of France…and he falls in love. Falcon transforms from a self serving soldier of fortune to a consummate politician and staunch defender of Siamese independence.