A philandering woman finds herself in deep trouble when her diabetic lover is accidentally killed by a gang of youths.

Frightening events unfold that may or may not be figments of Marigold’s imagination.

John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brightest lights in London's literati.