A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.
英国贵族探险家布鲁克逃离了丑闻和维多利亚时代社会的束缚，去探索19世纪40年代婆罗洲的野生动物。布鲁克爱上了这个热带天堂，与海盗和苏丹的敌人战斗，赢得了砂拉越王的王冠，在那里他统治着一个比英国还大的丛林王国。
