The patriarch of a family of six orphans - five grandsons and one granddaughter - dies. It's 1916 - the Battle of Somme is raging - and the five grandsons have all died serving their country. Granddaughter Francesca is left to arrange for her grandfather's funeral and take over his estate; the place where she and her cousins grew up. 
As the story unfolds, various people appear at the estate with different claims about Francesca's grandfather - and claims on Francesca's future.