Struggling with her grief, Anglican priest Rebecca Ashton tries to replace her deceased daughter with another girl.

Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.

Adam is a rich industrialist, who aspires to a more cultured world. Spurred on by playful jibes that he is little more than a city suit living ...