Edward Tudor Timeline and Summary

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• Edward is born to fanfare, parties, and all kinds of other good things.
• One day, Tom Canty stumbles across the palace, and the two boys become friends.
• Poverty sound like a bunch of fun, so the prince wants to swap places with Tom Canty. This just turns out to be a little more long-term than he expected.
• Edward gets beat up by a bunch of hooligans, accosted by John Canty, and then beat up by a mob because he keeps claiming to be the prince.
• Finally, Edward is saved by Miles Hendon, who takes him home and plays along with what he thinks is the kid's little "game."
• While Miles is out, Edward is tricked into leaving the apartment and is abducted by John Canty and his band of thieves.
• Eventually, Edward runs away and finds a nice farm to hide in.
• When John Canty shows up again, Edward runs into the woods. Unfortunately, Edward ends up stuck with a homicidal hermit who believes that he's an archangel.
• Edward is saved from the hermit by, of all people, John Canty and friends, which is the weirdest turnaround in the whole novel.
• When the thieves set Edward up and try to get him in trouble for robbery, Miles is the one who finds him and keeps him from going to jail.
• Miles decides that the best course of action is to go to Henden Hall, but the reception there is a bit chillier than expected.
• Miles is denied by everyone at his home and thrown into jail before being forced to spend three hours locked in the stocks.
• When that's done, Miles and Edward head off to London, where Edward tries to barge in on the coronation ceremony.
• After a lot of trial and error, Edward is finally recognized as the true king, and he makes Miles a knight.
• Like any good king, he rights a bunch of wrongs and goes down in history for being awesome despite his short reign.