The Seamstress 
by Allison Pittman

In 1788, during the waning days of peace, cousins Renee and Laurette live in a little French village, contented life as the shepherdesses. When Renee is given the chance to work as a seamstress at the Palace at Versailles, their lives take two very different paths straight into the heart of the Revolution. Based on a character who appears in the classic A Tale of Two Cities.