In a quiet Warwickshire village in 1848 live Anne Torrance and Doctor Hugh Radlett. Into their lives come two men -- Godfrey Bullivant, a man obsessed, shattering the peace of the countryside with his railway and his band of unruly workers; and Laslo Bathory, an exotic, mysterious figure involved in revolution. Against a vast canvas of upheaval and change, surrounded by fascinating characters such as the Hungarian Countess Sophia, the prim Esther Wharton, the intolerable Carrigton, the pathetic Toms, they work out their individual destinies.
In a quiet Warwickshire village in 1848 live Anne Torrance and Doctor Hugh Radlett. Into their lives come two men -- Godfrey Bullivant, a man obsessed, shattering the peace of the countryside with his railway and his band of unruly workers; and Laslo Bathory, an exotic, mysterious figure involved in revolution. Against a vast canvas of upheaval and change, surrounded by fascinating characters such as the Hungarian Countess Sophia, the prim Esther Wharton, the intolerable Carrigton, the pathetic Toms, they work out their individual destinies.