Loved itI would say my favorite of Shakespeare's history plays is Henry V or Richard II because I think the political background to these is a period that I'm so interested in.
Richard III (1597)
Others: Positive "containing his treacherous plots against his brother Clarence, the pittiefull murther of his innocent nephewes, his tyrannicall usurpation, with the whole course of his detested life and most deserved death" (Subtitle of the 1597 edition.)
- ISBN:
- 9780143130253
- Length:
- 178 pages
Genres: young adult, classics
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