Richard II summons Thomas Mowbray and his cousin Henry Bolingbroke before him, after The Duke of Gloucester, the King's uncle and arch-enemy, has been murdered.
The downfall and deposition of King Richard II as he fights with Bolingbroke for the crown - and awaits his fate.
A remorseful Henry Bolingbroke, having deposed King Richard II and ascended the throne as Henry IV, vows a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Meanwhile, the Percys gather an army.
The Percy family, once Henry's allies, now plot to overthrow the King. The King's army marches westward to encounter the rebels at Shrewsbury.
The rebellion against Henry has been crushed, and their leader Hotspur has been killed by Falstaff.
Henry IV, despite failing health, has to organise a new campaign against the Northern rebels, and sends his younger son, Prince John of Lancaster, to negotiate with the leaders.
With the accession of Henry V, a new age has begun. After being advised of his right by succession, Henry now resolves to lay claim to the French throne.
Henry V claims the French throne and the hand of the French Princess, but when the Dauphin rejects these claims, he declares war and the opposing armies camp near Agincourt.
Agincourt confirms Henry V as a great leader but he dies young, leaving an infant son in the protectorship of his brothers. Questions about the succession are raised again.
Henry VI finally attains majority and takes the throne of England in his own right. However, many have designs on the crown for themselves.
Civil unrest and rebellion at home and military setbacks abroad lead to increasing turmoil in the kingdom of Henry VI.
The War of the Roses begins when the Duke of York claims the throne of England for himself and the Red and the White meet at St Albans.
The War of the Roses continues and Henry VI is brought back to the throne after Edward is deposed.
Edward IV, recently crowned, is threatened by the villainous Richard of Gloucester as he plots to win the crown.
With his brothers now dead and his nephews imprisoned in the Tower, can anything now check Richard's struggle to possess himself of the crown?
