In the Lake District of northern England, the estranged Earl of Askew has returned to his crumbling country estate after years abroad.
He has run out of money and needs to start selling off some of his belongings to pay for his eccentric life style and habits.
He places a call to a well respected auction house in London, Hardy’s, and Gerald Stanton and his apprentice Joanna (Jo) Roswell, are dispatched to the estate to evaluate some of the finer pieces.
Jo’s mother has just died in a terrible plane crash and she welcomes the opportunity to throw herself back into her work.
When Jo and Gerald arrive at the rambling estate of Thirlbeck, they are met with a colorful cast of inhabitants.
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