Amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution, two very disparate men are forced by dire circumstance to flee along the roads of Ireland and England in order to evade the law of the land. By chance, they are thrown together and form an unlikely alliance. An alliance which brings work opportunities on a Gloucestershire estate. To their consternation, both men find themselves inextricably linked by their former misdemeanours to those who presently employ them.
