Rya Kihlstedt

A lavish, star-studded adaptation of Edith Wharton's final novel set in the early 1870s. Seen through the eyes of a family governess, four ambitious American girls secure husbands and position in England in order to live happily ever after. But life bears little resemblance to the fairytales; and castles appear a lot less magical when you have to live in them. They soon find themselves trapped by the trappings of wealth, and discover that beneath...

Lizzy marries rising MP Hector Robinson and Conchita asks for Nan's help with her unwanted pregnancy.

Julius insists that Nan continue with their façade of a marriage, but Nan is unable to deny her love for Guy.

The holiday atmosphere of Newport, Rhode Island, is shattered when Conchita Closson, a New York debutante, announces her engagement to a British aristocrat.