Anthony Andrews and Jeremy Irons play two young men who meet at Oxford. Irons though of no family or money becomes friends with Andrews when Andrews throws up in his dorm room through an open window. He then invites Irons to dinner after Aolysius 'refuses to talk to Andrews'unless he is forgiven. Irons becomes involved with Andrews family which is landed gentry and Catholic in Protestant England. The story is told in flashback as Irons, now an officer in the British Army is moved with his com ...[Read Story ]