In 1856, the emperor Dom Pedro II lived a marriage of appearances with Teresa Cristina, with whom he was forced to marry at a young age by his parents' political alliance, having two daughters with her: Isabel and Leopoldina. He truly loves Countess Luisa, a cultured and time-ahead woman who fights for the abolitionist cause and women's rights, married to Eugenio, the emperor's cousin. At the same time there are sisters Pilar and Dolores: the first went to a convent after her mother's death in childhood, growing up among books and dreaming of studying medicine - inspired by the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first doctor in the world -, while the second stayed at home to take care of her father, Colonel Eudoro, growing up repressed, illiterate and without vanity.
Dom Pedro II, Imperador do Brasil
Luísa Margarida de Barros, Condessa de Barral
Teresa Cristina de Bourbon-Duas Sicílias, Imperatriz do Brasil
Maria do Pilar Cavalcanti Mendes (Pilar)
Jorge da Silva Rocha / Samuel dos Anjos
Antônio Carlos Rocha (Tonico)
Dolores Cavalcanti Mendes
Nélio Pindaíba
Zayla Ephan Maquemba
Guebo Nilaja
Coronel Eudoro Mendes
João Batista Pindaíba (Batista), Barão de Fervedouro
Carlota Maria Pindaíba (Lota), Baronesa de Fervedouro
Lupita de Jesus
Isabel de Bragança, Princesa do Brasil
Leopoldina de Bragança, Princesa do Brasil
Gastão de Orléans, Conde d’Eu
Luís Augusto, Duque de Saxe-Coburgo-Gota
Mãe Cândida
Dom Olu Ephan Maquemba
Clemência Martinho
Joaquim Matamouros Martinho Filho (Quinzinho)
Vitória Milmann Martinho
Justina dos Santos
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Marquês de Caxias
Celestina de Campos Sorrento, Baronesa de Urú
Lupicínio Borges
Francisco Solano López
Bernardo Pindaíba (Bernardinho)
Nicolau
Jamil
Nino Sorrento
Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, Barão de Mauá
General Cristiano Dumas
Madame Lambert
Madre Zoé
Hilário Martinho
Prisca Martinho
José de Alencar
Manolo