
London 1897 & a young girl Valentine Grey arrives in Engl&. Shes been brought up in the remote & sunny climes of India & finds being forced into corsets & skirts in damp & cold country insufferable. The only bright spot: her exciting cousin Reggie. Reggie & his lover Frank seek out the adventure the clandestine bars & streets of London offer & are happy to include Valentine in their secret showing her theatre gardens
- even teaching her how to ride a bicycle. & then comes the Boer War & Reggies father volunteers him; the empire must be defended. But it wont be Reggie who dons the Volunteer Regiments garb. Valentine takes her chance puts on her cousins uniform leaving Reggie behind & heads off to war. & for a long while its glorious & liberating for both of the cousins but war is not glorious & in Victorian London homosexuality is not liberating.. .