Being a True Account of the Tragical Story of a Monomaniacal Scotchman and the Diabolical Death of Mr Drummond. England, 1843, the country is on the brink of revolution, the government struggling against the rising chaos... A young Scotsman, Daniel McNaughten, has desended into his own despair, mirroring the tribulations of society at large. His journey will end in London, with the murder of an apparently innocent man. One freezing day in January, he takes a shot at the Prime Minister's Private Secretary, Edward Drummond, as he makes his way to Downing Street. His trial will lead to one of the most controversial decisions ever reached by an English court.