1916 Thomas Henderson, a soldier of the First World War, writes to his wife as his battalion travels through the bucolic beauty of France towards the horrors of the Western Front. His letters and poetry reflect the emotional and mental degradation of his life. With his moral compass in disarray, and haunted by guilt and grief, Tom does not recognise the man he has become. 2016 Four students discover the letters and poems in a derelict house next door to their lodgings.
The letters reveal a dreadful act, committed by Thomas Henderson in the heat of battle a century ago, has shaped each of their lives. It soon becomes clear the students have been brought together for a purpose.
1916 Thomas Henderson, a soldier of the First World War, writes to his wife as his battalion travels through the bucolic beauty of France towards the horrors of the Western Front. His letters and poetry reflect the emotional and mental degradation of his life. With his moral compass in disarray, and haunted by guilt and grief, Tom does not recognise the man he has become. 2016 Four students discover the letters and poems in a derelict house next door to their lodgings.
The letters reveal a dreadful act, committed by Thomas Henderson in the heat of battle a century ago, has shaped each of their lives. It soon becomes clear the students have been brought together for a purpose.