The leaping chalk horse carved into an English hillside in the Bronze Age stands witness to centuries of human endeavour To Stella it represents home
- sanctuary from the adrenalin-fuelled highs & corresponding lows of her career as a singer Stella is tough & talented adored by every man in every audience but a loser in love Spencer Mc Coll is an American ex-fighter pilot making a last sentimental journey from Wyoming to the England of his mother's childhood & the white horse to pay tribute to the past Harry Latimer sets off to the Crimea as a captain in the Hussars with a heart burdened by his undeclared love for his sister-in-law Rachel The grim reality of the battlefield provides a bitter contrast to Harry's memories of the tranquillity of home Stella Spencer Harry
- each marches to the tune of a different drama Their stories are separated by many miles & generations but profoundly connected in ways they can never fully understand