Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
Gwyneth Paltrow
as Maud Bailey
Aaron Eckhart
as Roland Mitchell
Jeremy Northam
as Randolph Henry Ash
Jennifer Ehle
as Christabel LaMotte
Lena Headey
as Blanche Glover
Holly Aird
as Ellen Ash
Toby Stephens
as Fergus Wolfe
Trevor Eve
as Cropper
Georgia Mackenzie
as Paola
Tom Hollander
as Euan
Graham Crowden
as Sir George
Anna Massey
as Lady Bailey
