Plague Child

September, 1625. Plague Cart Driver, Matthew Kneave, Is Sent To Pick Up The Corpse Of A Baby. Yet, On The Way To The Plague Pit, He Hears A Cry - The Baby Is Alive. A Plague Child Himself, And Now Immune From The Disease, Matthew Decides To Raise It As His Own. Fifteen Years On, Matthew'S Son Tom Is Apprenticed To A Printer In The City. Somebody Is Interested In Him And Is Keen To Turn Him Into A Gentleman. He Is Even Given An Education. But Tom Is Unaware That He Has A Benefactor And Soon He Discovers That Someone Else Is Determined To Kill Him.