The White Rose

"Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed even unto the thirteenth generation of your blood!"

The White Rose - Edward the Handsome- is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous; while his red-haired daughter Elizabeth is unhappily married to an Emperor who prefers the company of men.

A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the White Rose; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Carthusian Brothers of the Sword, Edward sentences Grand Prior James Green to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire bloodline...