Notes

Summer, 1914: A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley -- aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless -- is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H.H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state. As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top secret documents -- and suddenly a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that will alter the course of political history.