The struggle fought between 1895 and 1918 by British women to gain the right to vote, focusing in particular on the determining role played by the Pankhurst family.
Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and in 1914 find themselves in the same Army unit - Alex as an officer and Jerry as a private. They still remain close, however, until Jerry is court-martialed for desertion, and Alex is put in charge of the firing squad.
故事发生在风景如诗如画的英国乡间，爱丽丝（索菲娅·沃德 Sophie Ward 饰）和丈夫马丁（内森奈尔·帕克 Nathaniel Parker 饰）生活在这里，共同抚养膝下三个可爱的孩子。在旁人眼中，爱丽丝是一位拥有着模范生活的家庭主妇，美满的家庭，豪华的住所，优渥的生活，但这一切对于爱丽丝来说，真的如同表面看来的这样完美吗？
优雅高贵的拉尔夫（迈克尔·高夫 Michael Gough 饰）是爱丽丝一家人的邻居，今年夏天，拉尔夫的女儿克劳达（凯瑞·福克斯 Kerry Fox 饰）返回乡间，在父亲家小住。刚见面，热情奔放的克劳达便被稳重成熟的爱丽丝深深的吸引了，随着时间的推移，爱丽丝在克劳达毫无保留的好感中沦陷了。
