Follows the tale of Brendan Archer, a Major in the British Army, who is supposed to meet the woman he thinks he will marry in Ireland. All does not go at all to plan, and this tale of romance and charming melancholy also concerns the Irish 'Troubles'.
Talks about India in 1857 - the year of the Great Mutiny, when Muslim soldiers turned in bloody rebellion on their British overlords. This is an account of survival under siege, showing how people can come to behave in extreme conditions.