11-year-old Will Shakespeare is a bad boy. Fighting with other boys doesn't get him into trouble this time, finding a Portuguese gold coin does. His parents send him away from his home in Stratford-upon-Avon to London under the protection of his uncle, a captain to Queen Elizabeth at the Tower of London. 13-year-old Betts is quite a little liar. She spins a tale she is the Queen's daughter. Presently, she is a scullery maid at White Tower. Betts has...