Born into poverty, Hamer Shawcross is arrogant and ambitious. Entering politics, he becomes a cabinet minister, then Viscount Shawcross. Ann, his wife, loves her husband, but will allow nothing to diminish her commitment to Suffragette Movement. This passionate novel is set against social and political changes of the early 20th century—the rise of the Labour Party, the Suffragettes, the challenge to the power of the landed gentry and the aftermath of the 1914-18 war.