What to do if you inadvertently get caught up in political intrigue, especially in 15th century England? For God and the King - but against your own morals? There is only the choice between a successful career with a monster as boss or the execution. It says: just don't lose your head! Richard, Earl of Gloucester wants to become king. And as is customary to this day, the struggle for power is being fought on the hump of the common people. William Forrest and Fredrick Dighton, a cobbler and a cook, are supposed to help the unscrupulous, power-hungry Richard to succeed. Hardly have the two destitute bon vivants been hired by Richard than they are already standing in the Tower of London and for Forrest and Dighton an adventure begins that they would never have dared to dream of.