| Synopsis: |
It is January, 1721. London is reeling from the effects of the greatest financial scandal of the age, the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. William Spandrel, a penniless mapmaker, is offered a discharge of his debts by his principal creditor, Sir Theodore Janssen, a director of the South Sea Company, on one condition: he must secretly convey an important package to Janssen's friend. The package safely delivered, Spandrel barely survives an attempt on his life, only to be blamed for a murder... |