1923: Amos wants a wife, and Alice turns down his marriage proposal almost thrice, as she wants a career. The couple changes the social conventions of their working-class parents, but the burning question remains 'Will Alice Marry Amos?' A historical romance, set in the roaring twenties, two young people meet after the First World War in the North of England: Amos Bell is a train engineer on the Flying Scotsman, and Madame Alice Neil-Gregory, an opera singer who sings for the King. The couple changes the social conventions of their working-class parents, but the burning question for the reader remains 'Will Alice ever marry Amos?