The story begins with Elizabeth of York grieving the loss of her estranged lover, Richard III who was killed in the battle of Bosworth by Henry Tudor. As soon as Henry claims the crown to become Henry VII, he secures his succession by demanding Elizabeth’s hand in marriage. While Elizabeth bears a male heir and endures her husband’s suspicion of her York relations, her mother, Elizabeth of Woodville, assembles a plan for revenge. Making the most of her York connections, Elizabeth Woodville secretly supports an uprising against Henry, placing her daughter between two families. When Henry learns of the treasonous plot, he imprisons his mother-in-law and begins looking for this boy. “Elizabeth is conflicted primarily because of her sons who will
