For Captain Sorrell, officer and gentleman, the safeguarding of his son's future is his life's ambition. When he falls on hard times, his wife leaves him for another man with better prospects and Captain Sorrell is forced to take a job as a lowly porter at the disreputable Angel Inn in Staunton. He struggles to make ends meet for the sake of his beloved eleven year old son Kit. His devotion is reciprocated doubly by his son and as Kit grows to manhood and faces both triumph and despair, the vision of his father inspires him. First published in 1925, this is an intensely moving story by a much-respected and excellent author. Cover shows Richard Pasco and Paul Critchley in the Yorkshire Television production of the same name.