Regiment of Women

Set in a small town in Edwardian England, Regiment of Women is about the relationship between two teachers at a private (and elitist) girls'' school. One of them, Clare Hartill, is in her mid-thirties and runs the school in all but name, the ageing and sickly headmistress depending on her whenever a decision has to be taken concerning the school or any of its pupils. Most of the girls are devoted ...