| The Aristocrats the true story of the scandals besetting the powerful
house of Lennox during the 18th century is told in this dramatization of the award-winning
biography by Stella Tillyard. Lord Richmond, friend and advisor to King George II, has four bewitching daughters. Caroline, the eldest, elopes with aging politician Henry Fox. Emily and Louisa marry Irish peers. Sarah, after a brief flirtation with the Prince of Wales, marries unhappily and runs off with another man. But it is Emily's son Edward who brings the greatest humiliation to the proud, noble name. He leads an Irish rebellion against taxes and pays the penalty for treason. Set in the palaces, town houses and country estates of Georgian England and Ireland, THE ARISTOCRATS is a fascinating historical drama that brings to life one of the great scandals of a long-vanished age. |