简介：KingdomSwannisatalentedbutrathernaiveScottishartistwholivesinEdwardianLondonwithhishousekeeper,Violet,adowdyandself-effacingbutveryloyalyoungwomanfromLancashire.Heisdismayedtofindthatthereisnolongerademandforhisstyleofpaintings.ThenVioletbuyshimacamerafromthelocalmarketstall.Helpedbyhisunscrupulousnewassistant,CromwellMarsh,hesoontransformshimselfinto"KingdomSwann,SocietyPhotographer"andismuchindemand.Whentwoyoungersisterswanthimtotake"artisticphotographs"ofthemselvesinthenude,MarshhoodwinksSwannintospecialisingin"tableaux":photographicversionsoffamouspaintingsofnudes,usinglocalprostitutesashismodels.Marshrealisesthathecanmakeagreatdealofmoneyontheblackmarketbysecretlyprintingselectedpartsofthesephotosandsellingthemunderthebrandname"Gentlemen'sRelish"toasupplierofpornography.Swanniscompletelyinnocentofwhatisgoingon.Violet,aidedbyagroupofsuffragetteswhoaredemandingvotesandequalityforwomen,stumbleonMarsh'sscheme.IntheprocesstheydiscoverthatafieryopponentofpornographywhohasaspirationsofenteringtheHouseofLordsisactuallyoneofthebestcustomersofGentlemen'sRelish.…