It's 1931 and, while Nancy lives in vain hope that her boyfriend Hamish will propose, her younger sister Diana has it all.

Christmas 1932 is a gloomy one for the Mitfords, with Diana banished in the wake of her divorce. But unforeseen tragedy plunges the family into even deeper scandal.

Nancy gets to work on a new novel, but life becomes stranger than fiction when Unity wants to move to Munich in the hope of meeting her idol, Adolf Hitler.

The Mitfords are blindsided by news of Unity's encounter with Adolf Hitler. Diana is preoccupied with her relationship with Mosley and decides to play a trump card.

Nancy finds herself persona non grata as the family gather around Diana's bedside in the wake of her car accident.

Nancy must confront her Peter about their future together. Joss becomes involved with protests against increasingly unhappy political rallies staged by Mosley.