Celia Lytton broke all the rules when she demanded a job in her husband Oliver's new publishing company This was Edwardian England, when women of her class were expected to look lovely and bear children With the help of her sister-in-law Celia proved she could do both Now the company is flourishing, and a new generation of Lyttons is growing up to inherit it But the future looks dark, as the glamour of the Twenties passes, the shadow of war lengthens and threatens the happiness and lives of the family