Simon Thorp

Fiona Maye es una prestigiosa jueza del Tribunal Superior de Londres especializada en derechos familiares que atraviesa por una grave crisis matrimonial. Cuando llega a sus manos el caso de Adan, un adolescente con leucemia que se niega a hacerse una transfusión de sangre al ser Testigo de Jehová, Fiona descubrirá sentimientos ocultos que desconocía, y luchará para que Adan entre en razón y sobreviva.

Henry IV is dead and Hal is King. With England in a state of unrest, he must leave his rebellious youth behind, striving to gain the respect of his nobility and people. Laying claim to parts of France and following an insult from the French Dauphin, Henry gathers his troops and prepares for a war that he hopes will unite his country. Gregory Doran continues his exploration of Shakespeare's History Plays with Henry V performed in the 600th anniversary year of the Battle of Agincourt. Following his performance as Hal in Henry IV Parts I & II Alex Hassell returns as Henry V.

King Henry's health is failing as a second rebellion against his reign threatens to surface. Intent on securing his legacy, he is uncertain that his son Hal is a worthy heir, believing him more concerned with earthly pleasures than the responsibility of rule. Sir John Falstaff is sent to the country side to recruit fresh troops. Amongst the unwitting locals opportunities for embezzlement and profiteering prove impossible to resist - as the king's health continues to worsen, Hal must choose between duty, and loyalty to an old friend.

With his crown under threat from enemies both foreign and domestic, Henry IV prepares for war. Having deposed the previous king, he is only too aware how tenuous his position is, and the price to be paid if he falters.

A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.

Cuando un príncipe vuelve al reino de su padre después de las cruzadas, su primera impresión es que una mala cosecha es la razón de que la población caiga enferma. Cuando le llega la noticia de la muerte del rey, el jura hacerse cargo del pueblo. Ahora el nuevo rey, advierte una fuerza oscura que se ha apoderado del pueblo y es la que esta causando los males, Parece ser, que el príncipe porta la clave para acabar con el mal.

The Black Death, a pandemic disease that ravaged in the 1300s, caused a never-before-seen human catastrophe of frightening magnitude. Over the course of three terrible years, more than a third of Europe's population was wiped out.