Raised in the British colony of Valparai?so, Chile, English orphan Eliza Sommers meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaqui?n Andieta, a lowly clerk with ambitious dreams. When gold is discovered in the hills of northern California, Chileans, including Joaqui?n, head north to seek their fortune. Eliza, pregnant with Joaqui?n's child, leaves behind everything she knows to follo…