Henry Boswith, a penniless Cornish Aristocrat living in America unexpectedly inherits his Uncle's Estates and Shipping Company. This comes with obligations which means he would become responsible for a large number of Cornish families. Either he must enter into the shady and unlawful world of smuggling or renounce his inheritance. After rescuing a young person from under the noses of the revolutionary French, he discovers he has rescued a young lady. He realises he has fallen deeply in love. The path he takes leads him to act Beyond Honour in trying to rescue her father from the jaws of the French Revolution and the fearsome Madame la Guilotine.