Letters to be Read in a Heavily British Accent recounts the hilarious (and historically-set) misadventures of Sherwood, a recruit in H. Majesty's army; and Penelope, his bit-of-all-right back home. Through their letters, they share incidents and events, and discuss their relationship, which looks good on paper, but... Sherwood describes to Penelope in vivid, comic detail his experiences as a soldier, from training camp up to and beyond an epic mission. Penelope's attempts to keep from pining for Sherwood to a really inconvenient degree get her out of the house a lot - with just about everybody! Their separate adventures come together to form the climax (for lack of a better term) of their story.