Summer 1916--Amber Leaf, Minnesota. Having lost his new bride and unborn son in a carriage accident, nobleman Oliver M. Harrington journeys to America to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. Though he marries a new love and is eager to have children, he becomes despondent yet again when he learns she is barren. Meanwhile, as World War I rages overseas, he receives a letter from a stranger residing in England who claims to be his daughter...