Colleen McCullough's best-selling novel adapted for television in five parts. A turbulent saga of love, ambition and desire that spans half a century and two continents.
Australia 1920, Fr Ralph de Bricassart is summoned to the home of Mary Carson, the richest and most powerful woman in the country. She seeks his advice on the future of her wealth and property-should she leave everything to the Catholic church, ensuring a glittering future for Ralph or should she consider her impoverished brother Paddy Cleary and his family? When Mary sends for them Ralph sees Meggie Cleary for the first time - a meeting that shapes both their destinies ...
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