measuring tape
the measure of days
1916 . england is at war and the morland family is in the thick of it with two men already in france and three more soon to go . tragedy strikes morland place when jessies husband ned is reported missing on the western front . his father launches a desperate bid to find him but the rest of the family fears the worst . in london violet is cocooned from the war by her love affair with the brilliant artist octavian laidislaw . but when his portrait of her goes on show scandal erupts . the lovers are forced to flee london ; but there is more to fear than loss of position for her irate husband lord holkam will stop at nothing to separate them . the measure of days paints a portrait of a family and a nation at war at a pivotal point in history . with the introduction of conscription no one is left unaffected . now every man must hold himself in readiness ; and every woman knows that when she says goodbye it might be for the last time .