En ung nygift kvinne ankommer ektemannens staselige herskapshus i det værbitte engelske kystlandskapet, men innser at hun lever i skyggen av Rebecca, ektemannens første kone, som har etterlatt seg spor som lever videre i huset lenge etter hennes død.

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.