In Love with the King
In 1463, the lust between a Lancastrian commoner and Yorkist King turns into a secret wedding and a new Queen of England. But two women not so smitten with the arrangement vow to take her down.
The Price of Power
The pregnant Elizabeth is crowned queen and welcomed by Edward’s brothers Richard and George though Warwick and his daughters do not disguise their disapproval and Cecily refuses to attend the coronation.
The Storm
Margaret Beaufort is pleased to learn that Warwick, whose daughter Isabel is George’s reluctant bride, is holding a parliament in York to have George declared the rightful monarch. However the parliament opposes Warwick’s idea and Edward, Elizabeth and Jacquetta are all released.
The Bad Queen
After his failed coup, a desperate Warwick makes his biggest and boldest gambit yet, offering up his daughter Anne to seal an alliance with Margaret of Anjou, the wife of Henry VI, the king he helped depose.
War at First Hand
George returns to fight with his brothers, to the chagrin of Warwick, who moves the decrepit Henry VI into the tower of London for his protection whilst Jasper Tudor escorts his nephew Henry to Wales for safety.
Love and Death
Having witnessed the murder of Henry VI the pregnant Elizabeth is again shocked when she discovers her husband having sex with courtier Jane Shore. Her isolation is increased as Jacquetta falls dangerously ill and, aware of George’s dislike of her, she appoints Anthony as her sons’ guardian.
Poison and Malmsey Wine
Edward plans a war with the French but, sensing that too much blood has already been shed, makes peace with king Louis, angering George, who will now not assume the title Regent of France.
The King Is Dead
Elizabeth is concerned when Edward allows Henry Tudor home from exile but he reasons that he prefers to keep his enemies close to him. Soon afterwards Edward suddenly dies of pneumonia, appointing Richard as the regent for his young son Edward.
The Princes in the Tower
Aware of his antagonists Richard rewards those whom he believes can serve him, including Stanley, the duke of Buckingham and Thomas Brackenbury. Anne visits Brackenbury behind her husband’s back, expressing her fear that his throne will not be safe as long as the princes in the tower are alive.
The Final Battle
Queen Anne’s health is deteriorating and the death of her sickly son Edward and the knowledge that her husband loves Lizzie do not help her situation. She ends her feud with Elizabeth ,assuring her that she was not responsible for the deaths of the two boys and soon afterwards, following an eclipse, she dies. Elizabeth and her daughters are released from sanctuary and return to the court where Lizzie reciprocates Richard’s feelings for her.