Tom Canty lives in Offal Court, one of the poorest places in
London, but he still has the time to learn Latin and read the books of Father
Andrew. Tom's family is very poor and his dad is an alcoholic, tom is forced to beg for money in the streets.
One day, after walking through the streets, he walks to the royal palace.
The guards catch him but Prince Edward comes to rescue him .He takes Tom to his
room and asks him about his family. Later on Tom tells the prince that he always wanted to see what it felt like to wear prince like clothes, they both change there clothes so that the prince is dressed like a pauper and the pauper is dressed like the prince. After they look at each other they find out that the look a lot alike almost to the point of looking identical. Prince Edward runs out of his room to punish the guard that had been mean to Tom but the guard confused the prince with Tom and pushes him outside of the gate.
Prince Edward has no choice but to go and walk through London, while he is walking through Offal Court tom's dad grabs Edward thinking it's his son and give him a beating. Father Andrew runs to rescue the boy but he is hit by John Canty and is dying. John knows that if the stay they would be charged with murder so he ran away wit Edward in his hand .
One day there was a ceremony at the Guildhall in honor of Tom.
Edward escapes and heads for the Guildhall, the guards and crowds are about to attack Edward because he calls himself the prince but Miles Hendon rescues him.
Tom tells everyone that Edward is the prince and that he is just a pauper and they just dub him as crazy. Tom is then taken to meet Henry VIII but he doesn't recognize the king, Henry VIII also thinks that he is crazy and tells him to relax his mind
After the king's death, Tom feels alot responsibility on his
shoulders. He gives orders for the release of Duke of Norfolk, a guy who his "dad"
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