Lady And The Highwayman, The

The young lady Panthea Vyne falls in love with the handsome highwayman who saves her from her brutal husband. He kills him in a fair duel. Later, when Charles the 2nd is reinstated as King of England, she attends the royal court. Quite unbeknownst to her, she becomes the enemy of the king's former mistress and a plot to dispatch her is hatched. Based on a novel by Barbara Cartland.