Set against the attractive background of Britain's barking '20s, The Laureate tells the story of young British War Poet Robert Graves, that is wed with four youngsters when he meets and also comes to be passionately involved with Laura Riding, an author from America. Opposing the conventions of polite society, Riding moves in with Graves as well as his spouse living as a menage a tois. Then with the arrival of strappingly handsome Irish poet Geoffrey Phibbs, the setup ends up being a menage a quatre. However soon stress as well as rivalries become so laden that Graves is a suspect for tried murder.