Clementina's Daughter

England's Queen Victoria is dead, and the colorful Edwardian era is infull swing.Orphaned Laura Stephens falls in love with William, a restless, youngexplorer, but her uncle and aunt have their own ideas about who is asuitable match for their niece. They favor an army captain on leavefrom service in India.Anti-German feeling is rampant as a result of the heavy loss of life inthe recently ended South African War when the British fought theGerman-backed Boers.Unluckily for Laura, William belongs to a German family, who, with manyother speculators, have settled in the nearby Leem Valley to takeadvantage of the economic boom in iron and steel.The Germans find the top social circle difficult to penetrate, so theybuild a mansion in the hunting country near Laura's home. William takesup residence there as Squire of the Manor of Scorby.A climax is reached when a mean-spirited housekeeper learns thecaptain's deepest secret.