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Shakespeare's Kings

By William , Norwich , John Julius;Shakespeare

Book information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2018
ISBN
9780571340262, 0571340261
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
12 MB (12374676 bytes)
Edition
Main
Pages
\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1564-1616 -- Sources;Great Britain -- Kings and-- 1564-1616;Great Britain1399-1485;ShakespeareKings and rulers;Sources;History;ShakespeareWilliam

Description

In a sparkling, fast-paced narrative, Shakespeare's Kings chronicles the turbulent events that inspired Shakespeare's history plays, from Edward III to Richard III. In a time of uncertainty and incessant warfare - when the crown was constantly contested, alliances were made and broken, and the people rose up in revolt - this was the raw material that inspired Shakespeare's dramas. But what really happened between 1337 and 1485? Where did history stop and drama begin? John Julius Norwich establishes just how real Shakespeare's characters and events are and what liberties he took with the facts to entertain his audience. Shakespeare's Kings is an illuminating companion to history and to the richness of Shakespeare's imagination, with a body of work which still shapes our view of the past today.

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