故事发生在十八世纪的英国。卡洛琳（塞雷娜·戈登 Serena Gordon 饰）、洪熙艾米丽（杰拉丁·萨莫维尔 Geraldine Somerville 饰）、洪熙路易莎（安-玛莉·杜芙 Anne-Marie Duff 饰）和莎拉（乔迪·梅 Jodhi May 饰）是情同手足的四姐妹，她们出生于高贵的门第之中，注定会有和普通人截然不同的人生。卡洛琳是一个为爱而生的女人，她的恋情遭到了整个家族的反对。为了能够和爱人在一起，卡洛琳不惜和家族断绝了关系。艾米丽很早就知道自己真正想要的是什么。年纪轻轻便嫁给了爱尔兰富豪，享尽了荣华富贵。路易莎拥有美丽的外表和一颗金子般闪闪发光的善良纯洁的心灵。莎拉和乔治三世之间有一段缠绵悱恻的爱情，却终以悲剧收场。
回复 :意想不到的结局直到离婚当天，总裁才发现自己的闪婚对象就是身边的秘书。
回复 :一场介于真假之间的旁观游戏
吉娃斯杜岚
回复 :Whilst Clive Reader celebrates his taking silk but Martha hits the bottle, angry that inspector Wright has lied in court to convict her client Johnny Foster. Later David, the teen-aged son of chambers head Alan Cowdrey, is arrested for causing the death of a policeman , one of six who kettled him during a demonstration. Martha believes David has been bullied into pleading guilty by Wright and wants Alan involved in his son's case but David is not keen to see his father. Reader and Caroline Warwick agree to help Martha, who sees on CCTV that an anonymous man spoke to David in custody but there is no record of this meeting. In court she faces Wright, this time determined to beat him but evidence comes to light which weakens Martha's crusade.
