The Hollow Crown

After the death of Henry V the realm is under the protection of the Duke of Gloucester until Henry VI comes of age. Hard won territories in France are lost and quarrels erupt after Queen Margaret is introduced at Court. Gloucester is murdered and the foundations are laid for the Wars of the Roses.

After victory at the Battle of St Alban's Plantaganet and the Yorkists force Henry VI and the Lancastrians to give away their right to the Crown on Henry's death. Queen Margaret is incandescent with fury that her son should lose his inheritance. Margaret attacks and murders Plantaganet at his house. His surviving sons, Edward, George & Richard, escape. Joined by the Duke of Warwick they take up th

In his quest for the Crown, Richard plans the murder of his brother George. After the death of Edward IV, Richard's path to the throne is clear, except for the Princes in the Tower.