A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.
During the French Revolution, a Scottish aristocrat and her former lover, the Duke of Orleans, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.
The rise and fall of a young eccentric British writer, in the early 20th century.
Cal returns home to a city torn apart by rioting and rising youth unemployment and a mother dying in hospital.
Robert Burns, national poet of Scotland is reduced to poverty when his many social marital affairs catch up with him.