In graphic novel format of Charles Dickens' "Nicholas Nickeby" in which young Nicholas Nickleby left in destitute by his father's death, takes a job arranged by his greedy, suspicious uncle Ralph and finds himself in a prolonged battle with his benefactor.
Nicholas Bracewell and the Westfield Men sail for Denmark with their widowed patron, Lord Westfield, who has been enticed into marriage with Sigbrit Olsen, and soon find themselves embroiled in political intrigue and religious dissension.