For Louisa Sophia, born to forever be an outsider, La Maison d'éducation de Saint-Denis the exclusive girls boarding school founded by Napoleon, has been a safe harbor surrounded by a gilded cage. Despite the bullies and the rulebook, enforced by the school’s staff of teachers and nuns, Louisa found solace the last five years in three things: her climbing, her friends, and consuming an education equal to that received by the most powerful men in Europe.