Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.

After his escape to America in the year 1787 Nicolas Phillibert wants to marry a rich American heiress. In his homeland France he is still married however to the pretty Charlotte. In order to obtain the divorce, he must return therefore to France. In confusions of the french revolution he soon gets between Royalisten and republicans. After numerous bold adventures he finds his life-merry wife as bride of the best sword fighter of the Bourbonen.—<liperta@operamail.com>

Bidding a hurried farewell to his beloved France after the untimely death of an aristocrat, the humble commoner, Nicolas Philibert, flees to South Carolina and makes a fortune as a crop merchant, in late-eighteenth-century America. Successful and rich, Nicolas yearns to settle down by marrying an affluent heiress; however, when someone accuses him of bigamy, the wedding is called off until the groom returns with an official divorce certificate. Having no other option but to comply with this urgent request, Nicolas lands at Nantes shortly after the outbreak of the French Revolution, only to discover that his legal wife, Charlotte, is trying to woo a rebellious Marquis. Will Nicolas ever get the precious paper?—Nick Riganas