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Shakespeare's kings : the great plays and the history of England in the Middle Ages, 1337-1485
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Shakespeare's kings : the great plays and the history of England in the Middle Ages, 1337-1485

Author: John Julius Norwich
Publisher: New York : Simon & Shuster, 2001, ©1999.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st Touchstone edView all editions and formats
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In a fast-paced, engaging narrative, Norwich chronicles the actual events of the 14th and 15th centuries that inspired Shakespeare's history plays, from the untimely death of the heroic Black Prince and Henry Bolingbroke's ousting of Richard II to the legendary Battle of Agincourt and the notorious 18-month reign of Richard III. Of full-color photos. In a sparkling, fast-paced narrative, esteemed historian John  Read more...
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Named Person: William Shakespeare
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Julius Norwich
ISBN: 0743200314 9780743200318
OCLC Number: 47153822
Description: xvi, 401 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents: Edward III and the black prince (1337-1377) -- Young Richard (1377-1381) -- Favourites and appellants (1381-1388) -- King's revenge (1388-1398) -- Triumph of Bolingbroke (1398-1400) -- King Henry IV Part I (1400-1403) -- King Henry IV Part II (1403-1413) -- Harfleur and Agincourt (1413-1415) -- End of the adventure (1415-1422) -- King Henry V (1414-1420) -- King Henry VI: His childhood and youth (1422-1445) -- King Henry VI Part I (1422-1453) -- King Henry VI: Gathering storm (1445-1455) -- King Henry VI Parrt II (1441-1455) -- Wars of the roses (1455-1475) -- King Henry VI Part III (1455-1475) -- King Edward V (1471-1483) -- Final reckoning (1483-1485) -- King Richard III (1471-1485).
Responsibility: John Julius Norwich.

Abstract:

In a fast-paced, engaging narrative, Norwich chronicles the actual events of the 14th and 15th centuries that inspired Shakespeare's history plays, from the untimely death of the heroic Black Prince and Henry Bolingbroke's ousting of Richard II to the legendary Battle of Agincourt and the notorious 18-month reign of Richard III. Of full-color photos. In a sparkling, fast-paced narrative, esteemed historian John Julius Norwich chronicles the turbulent events of fourteenth and fifteenth century England that inspired Shakespeare's history plays. It was a time of uncertainty and incessant warfare, a time during which the crown was constantly contested, alliances were made and broken, and peasants and townsmen alike arose in revolt. This was the raw material of Shakespeare's dramas, and Norwich holds up his work to the light of history to ask: Who was the real Falstaff? How accurate a historian was the playwright? Shakespeare's Kings is a marvelous study of the bard's method of spinning history into art, and a captivating portrait of the Middle Ages.

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