Based on the true story of Lady Nithsdale who smuggled her husband out of the Tower of London
Winifred had a troubled childhood. Her mother, father and brother were all imprisoned for treason due to their support for the Catholic king. When she falls in love with a handsome young Scottish nobleman, the marriage brings happiness. However, she is forced to rebel when her husband takes up the Jacobite cause and vows to restore the Catholic king to the throne.
While Winifred wants to be loyal to her husband, she also wants to protect him from imprisonment – and worse, the scaffold!