The Fortunes of Nigel

The storyline focuses on young Scottish nobleman, Nigel Olifaunt or Lord Glenvarloch, travels to London in order to ask the King to repay his father's loan. Nigel wishes to use the money to pay off a mortgage on his estate but the Duke of Buckingham and Prince Charles already have their eyes on and desire to waste it. The lord is drawn into the chaotic life of the court, and when he becomes an enemy of the profligate Lord Dalgarno, he finds himself in grave danger.