England is on the brink of a devastating war with France that will last over a hundred years. A terrible plague which will wipe out a third of Europe's population before it is done, is spreading. Caris, a visionary young woman, struggles to rise above the suffering and oppression in order to lead her people out of the Dark Ages. With her lover Merthin, she builds a community in Kingsbridge that stands up to the church and the crown.
Season Four of Reign finds Mary rising to the challenge, taking back her country and establishing her rule in Scotland, the land of her birth - but a wild nation foreign to her, and now, once again, her home. Even as our canvas expands to welcome a new court in Scotland with new players, including Mary's half-brother James, and the men who vie for her hand, the French Court grows as well. Catherine gave France many heirs...too many, as it turns out. We will meet more of her brood, who are amusingly and dangerously at each other's throats.
The third season of Reign follows Francis' declining health and death partway through the season, leaving Mary a widow and struggling to find new footing since she's no longer bound to France as its queen. Francis' brother Charles is crowned the new underaged king, with Catherine as regent. The third season also introduces the court of Queen Elizabeth of England, who plots against Mary, fends off marital prospects, and deals with her secret love affair with Robert Dudley.
It's not easy being queen! As France surges toward chaos, the honeymoon's afterglow fades quickly for the newly crowned king and queen, Francis and Mary. Tensions over the Black Death, famine, shifting alliances and religious turmoil must be resolved quickly in order to present a united front and prevent peasant uprisings. But an illegitimate son, murder, blackmail and threaten to divide the devotions of the ruling couple, and separation seems inevitable. Pressure mounts for news of a royal heir, with murderous betrayals and treason occurring within the castle's very walls.
Between politics and passion, duty and desire, loyalty and love, lies the destiny of a queen. Ever since Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, was a little girl, the English have wanted her country and her crown. As a teenager, Mary is sent to France to wed its next king to save herself and her people. Waiting at the French Court is the gorgeous Prince Francis, his illegitimate half-brother Sebastian (Bash), a king on the brink of madness, a scheming queen and seer Nostradamus with a devastating prophecy.
