The Laureate is a tale of sexual awakening,
obsession and jealousy, set during the life of one of the twentieth
century’s most popular and influential writers. In the mid-1920s,
celebrated poet and writer Robert Graves returns from war traumatised and
creatively struggling. It takes young poet Laura Riding to re-ignite
Robert’s passion, and with the blessing of his wife, Nancy, his muse
becomes his lover. With the three of them sharing a life, Laura’s attention
soon turns to Nancy, and a complicated relationship that scandalised
society threatens to risk everything they have.
