Sau khi vua Edward qua đời, Uhtred xứ Bebbanburg và các đồng đội phiêu lưu qua một vương quốc bị chia cắt với hi vọng cuối cùng sẽ thống nhất nước Anh.
A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure. A mad doctor uses an iron maiden to systematically eliminate the heirs to the fortune.
Four cousins inherit a rich uncle. In order to do this, however, they must first fulfill the terms that each uncle has laid down in his covenant.
A padre, acting for a dying soldier, poses as the heir to a slum property and becomes a Labour MP.