The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck Chapter 34 - Disappointment

In which the wavering friendship between Richard and King James reveals the fragile hopes and shifting loyalties amid the march into English soil, where nature's peace contrasts with the horrors of war and desolation wrought by the invading Scots. Richard confronts the grim reality of devastation and despair upon his return, wrestling with the heartache of ravaged countrymen and the bitter irony of alliances that bring ruin rather than relief.