In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.
A London barrister believes the woman who spent the night in his hotel suite is the erring wife of his newest client.
A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays — Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, and Richard III — chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the 86 years between Richard II and Richard III.
