Isaac, a vicar in rural England, finds his life in turmoil after the still birth of his third child in 1917. ‎After his wife leaves him, shunned by polite society, he embarks on a spiritual and emotional ‎journey which leads him to a new understanding of faith and of his place in a rapidly changing ‎world. He finds new love and comes gradually to recognize the beauty and truth of nature and the ‎sensuality he discovers with Miriam. He increasingly calls into question the existing social order ‎and yearns for a just society, fit for the returning soldiers and his young family to live in. But as his ‎love grows and his beliefs develop, so does a conflict with the Squire, his family and ultimately the ‎Church. Somebody has it seriously in for him, but who? And how far will they go? This true story ‎draws heavily on contemporary sources.‎