'Poor Little Crick, he is a penniless orphan cast upon the cruel world of 19th century Kirkshire, with the face - no less - of a pretty girl. Yet he is cunning, he has a fire in his belly, and he has the wiles to become anyone he pleases: a swooning lady in a drawing room, a cheeky harlot in a brothel, a dashing highwayman upon the night road, or a strait-laced governess ready to crack the whip.'