妻を亡くした富豪と結婚し、彼の大邸宅に移り住んだ新妻。だが、家政婦から向けられる敵意や色濃く残る前妻の影に、彼女は次第に追い詰められていく。

A gripping 18th century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley, who dared to leave her husband and elope with his best friend, Captain George Bisset. Lady Seymour Worsley escapes her troubled marriage only to find herself at the centre of a very public trial brought by her powerful husband Sir Richard Worsley.

A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter or a racehorse in which he holds interests can save his fortunes.