The renewal of war in 1803 coupled with the threat of invasion by Napoleon catalyzes a tangled tale of love, intrigue and bravery in regency Britain. With the collapse of the Peace of Amiens in 1803, the threat of invasion by Napoleon has all Britain frightened. Called up from half-pay to train a regiment of volunteers despite his crippling wounds, Lieutenant Bates is torn from the arms of his love, Katherine. His task is made harder when embroiled with the stormy relation between Jane and her suitor - a naval commander intent on promotion. Recruited to scout Napoleon's Grande Armee, Bates finds himself torn between love and duty when he meets a young widow in Normandy. Set against the backdrop of Regency England and Napoleonic France, in a period where the existential threat of foreign invasion by a hated foe loomed over every aspect of life, the fates of these individuals is interlocked with the fate of their nation.