Amory doesn't remember much about her father, as he was away during the First World War. It was her uncle Greville who steps up to give her the emotional bond she needs; he gives her a camera and some rudimentary lessons, and a new passion is unleashed. Leaving school, she works at a magazine photographing socialites, but she yearns for more. Her search takes her to Berlin in the 1920s, New York in the 1930s, and France in the Second World War, where she becomes one of the first ever female war photographers. This is an enthralling story of a life fully lived through some of the defining moments of modern history.