The Prince and the Pauper: personer, tidslinje og steder

Tom Canty and Edward Tudor are born on the same day into sharply different circumstances.

Father Andrew's teaching and stories help Tom imagine life as a prince.

Tom and Edward exchange clothes, and Edward is driven outside the palace as a beggar.

After boys attack Edward, John Canty mistakes him for Tom and drags him away.

Tom reveals his identity, but Henry VIII treats his story as illness and insists he remain the royal heir.

Henry demands Norfolk's execution, and a smaller seal allows the sentence to proceed despite the missing Great Seal.

Edward escapes after suffering violence in John Canty's home and decides to expose Tom at Guildhall.

Miles rescues Edward from a crowd, while news of Henry's death lets Tom order Norfolk spared.

Edward learns he is king, and Miles protects him from John Canty and gives him shelter.

Miles discovers that a youth has lured Edward away with a false message and begins searching.

Tom frees an accused poisoner and pardons a woman and child accused of witchcraft.

Hugo lures Edward into John Canty's trap, where outcasts describe brutal punishments and mock his royal claim.

Edward exposes Hugo's theft, escapes, and eventually finds warmth beside a calf in a barn.

A hermit shelters Edward, then binds him after learning that he is Henry's son.

The hermit deceives Miles, while John Canty and Hugo release Edward only to take him captive.

Edward is convicted of stealing a pig, but a reduced valuation saves him from a death sentence.

Miles uses the constable's dishonest purchase of the pig to secure Edward's escape.

At Hendon Hall, Hugh and Edith deny knowing Miles, and Miles attacks Hugh.

In prison, Edward witnesses two women's burning and hears accounts of severe punishments.

Miles accepts a whipping meant for Edward, who gratefully names him an earl.

Miles and Edward return to London, where a riot separates them before Coronation Day.

Tom denies knowing his mother during the royal procession, then feels remorse when a guard pushes her away.

Edward interrupts the coronation and proves his identity by locating the Great Seal with Tom's help.

Edward rewards Miles and Tom and uses his experience of suffering to guide merciful rule.