Painter Vanessa Stephen and her writer sister Virginia embark on a life of unexpected, post-Victorian freedom in bohemian Bloomsbury.

As War descends on Europe, the Bloomsbury friends struggle to build a life outside London; Virginia weds Leonard Woolf and begins a unique, unexpectedly happy marriage, which is in stark contrast to Vanessa and Clive's failing relationship.

Vanessa and Duncan's daughter Angelica is grown up, but still unaware of her true parentage; as tragedy hits the family Vanessa is moved to reveal the secret she's withheld for so long.