Growing up in the slums of East End London, Charlie Trumper dreams of someday running his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrow. That day comes suddenly when his grandfather dies leaving him the floundering business. With the help of Becky Salmon, an enterprising young woman, Charlie sets out to make a name for himself as "The Honest Trader". But the brutal onset of World War I takes Charlie far from home and into the path of a dangerous enemy whose legacy of evil follows Charlie and his family for generations.


查理•川博在倫敦東區的貧民窟長大，他夢想著有一天能經營祖父的果菜推車。那一天突然來了，他的祖父過世，留給他搖搖欲墜的生意。貝琪•薩蒙是個年輕進取的女孩，在她的幫助下，查理將自己的生意取名為「誠實商號」。但是，殘酷的一次大戰迫使查理離鄉背井，流浪到危險的敵後地區，敵軍邪惡的暴行將影響查理及他好幾代的家族。

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