Overview

Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.

Cast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Maud Bailey

Aaron Eckhart

Roland Mitchell

Jeremy Northam

Randolph Henry Ash

Jennifer Ehle

Christabel LaMotte

Lena Headey

Blanche Glover

Holly Aird

Ellen Ash

Toby Stephens

Fergus Wolfe

Trevor Eve

Cropper

Georgia Mackenzie

Paola

Tom Hollander

Euan

Graham Crowden

Sir George

Anna Massey

Lady Bailey