- Every day, hapless hopefuls - or "coneys", as the locals call them - come to dirty and dangerous London town, trying to seek their fortunes. Who is waiting for them? Tricksters and conmen, that"s who - like young Eleanor"s family. Eleanor becomes troubled by her family"s cunning and foils their plans to catch a coney. Meanwhile, fearsome King Henry VIII has some rather cruel ideas of justice... for everyone.