A little girl, Alice, is playing chess with her cat, Dinah. Alice is a bad loser and she doesn't want to play anymore. She wonders what is on the other side of the looking-glass.
Spoilers! A baby dies at sea, another baby is stillborn, a sickly 10 year old boy dies in his parents arms, and a 12 year old boy and a peasant boy are murdered in the Tower of London.
Spoilers!!! Elizabeth Woodville's dad is executed and her mother dies of a heart condition. Anne and Isabel Neville's dad is killed by soldiers. Isabel Neville dies of complications from childbirth leaving her two children without a mother. George, the duke of Clarence is executed, leaving his two children orphans. King Edward IV dies leaving his children without a father. The duke of Buckingham who is mentioned to have had a daughter is executed. Margaret Beaufort's mother dies.