With the help of Warwick the Kingmaker, Edward IV has taken the crown - the 'Sun of York' is in the ascendant and those who supported the side of the red rose in this phase of the Civil War must expect trouble Young and incredibly beautiful, Lady Elizabeth Grey manages to be seen by the new king 'by chance' as he is hunting He finds that the only way he can make her his own is to marry her - a union which is bound to shake his friendship with Warwick