Author: Edith Pargeter
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Examines England's history during the early 15th century, detailing the key players including Richard III, Henry IV, Henry V, and Owen Glendower.
The Bloody Field
Author: Edith Pargeter
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Examines England's history during the early 15th century, detailing the key players including Richard III, Henry IV, Henry V, and Owen Glendower.
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Examines England's history during the early 15th century, detailing the key players including Richard III, Henry IV, Henry V, and Owen Glendower.
Henry IV: The Righteous King
Author: Ian Mortimer
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795335431
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
The real life story of the Plantagenet ruler, by “the most remarkable medieval historian of our time” (The Times, London). The talented, confident, and intelligent son of John of Gaunt, Henry IV started his reign as a popular and charismatic king after he dethroned the tyrannical and wildly unpopular Richard II. But six years into his reign, Henry had survived eight assassination and overthrow attempts. Having broken God’s law of primogeniture by overthrowing the man many people saw as the chosen king, Henry IV left himself vulnerable to challenges from powerful enemies about the validity of his reign. Even so, Henry managed to establish the new Lancastrian dynasty and a new rule of law—in highly turbulent times. In this book, noted historian Ian Mortimer, bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England and The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England, goes beyond the legend portrayed in Shakespeare’s history play, and explores the political and social forces that transformed Henry IV from his nation’s savior to its scourge.
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795335431
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
The real life story of the Plantagenet ruler, by “the most remarkable medieval historian of our time” (The Times, London). The talented, confident, and intelligent son of John of Gaunt, Henry IV started his reign as a popular and charismatic king after he dethroned the tyrannical and wildly unpopular Richard II. But six years into his reign, Henry had survived eight assassination and overthrow attempts. Having broken God’s law of primogeniture by overthrowing the man many people saw as the chosen king, Henry IV left himself vulnerable to challenges from powerful enemies about the validity of his reign. Even so, Henry managed to establish the new Lancastrian dynasty and a new rule of law—in highly turbulent times. In this book, noted historian Ian Mortimer, bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England and The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England, goes beyond the legend portrayed in Shakespeare’s history play, and explores the political and social forces that transformed Henry IV from his nation’s savior to its scourge.
A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury
Author: Edith Pargeter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In 1399 Henry Bolingbrook returns to claim his rights and deposes the king to become Henry IV of England. He is aided by the powerful lords of Northumberland. Henry's son, Prince Hal, is the nominal Prince of Wales, however the Welsh have a prince of their own and they are swift to rally to his rebellious call to arms. The spectre of Richard holds sway beyond the grave and the memory of past crimes causes a dangerous rift in the House of Lancaster.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In 1399 Henry Bolingbrook returns to claim his rights and deposes the king to become Henry IV of England. He is aided by the powerful lords of Northumberland. Henry's son, Prince Hal, is the nominal Prince of Wales, however the Welsh have a prince of their own and they are swift to rally to his rebellious call to arms. The spectre of Richard holds sway beyond the grave and the memory of past crimes causes a dangerous rift in the House of Lancaster.
Henry IV
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Sunne In Splendour
Author: Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1429930098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 945
Book Description
The classic, magnificent bestselling novel about Richard III, now in a special thirtieth anniversary edition with a new preface by the author In this triumphant combination of scholarship and storytelling, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III—vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower—from his maligned place in history. Born into the treacherous courts of fifteenth-century England, in the midst of what history has called The War of the Roses, Richard was raised in the shadow of his charismatic brother, King Edward IV. Loyal to his friends and passionately in love with the one woman who was denied him, Richard emerges as a gifted man far more sinned against than sinning. With revisions throughout and a new author's preface discussing the astonishing discovery of Richard's remains five centuries after his death, Sharon Kay Penman's brilliant classic is more powerful and glorious than ever.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1429930098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 945
Book Description
The classic, magnificent bestselling novel about Richard III, now in a special thirtieth anniversary edition with a new preface by the author In this triumphant combination of scholarship and storytelling, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III—vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower—from his maligned place in history. Born into the treacherous courts of fifteenth-century England, in the midst of what history has called The War of the Roses, Richard was raised in the shadow of his charismatic brother, King Edward IV. Loyal to his friends and passionately in love with the one woman who was denied him, Richard emerges as a gifted man far more sinned against than sinning. With revisions throughout and a new author's preface discussing the astonishing discovery of Richard's remains five centuries after his death, Sharon Kay Penman's brilliant classic is more powerful and glorious than ever.
The True Adventures of Charley Darwin
Author: Carolyn Meyer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152061944
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Just in time for Charles Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species," Meyer tells the story of his restless childhood, unrequited teenage love, and a passion for studying nature that was so great, Darwin would sacrifice everything to pursue it.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152061944
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Just in time for Charles Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species," Meyer tells the story of his restless childhood, unrequited teenage love, and a passion for studying nature that was so great, Darwin would sacrifice everything to pursue it.
William Shakespeare Complete Works Second Edition
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0593230310
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 2549
Book Description
The newly revised, wonderfully authoritative First Folio of William Shakespeare’s Complete Works, edited by acclaimed Shakespearean scholars and endorsed by the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company Skillfully assembled by Shakespeare’s fellow actors in 1623, the First Folio was the original Complete Works—arguably the most important literary work in the English language. But starting with Nicholas Rowe in 1709 and continuing to the present day, Shakespeare editors have mixed Folio and Quarto texts, gradually corrupting the original Complete Works with errors and conflated textual variations. The second edition of the Complete Works features annotations and commentary from Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen—two of today’s preeminent Shakespeare scholars—as well as cutting-edge textual design, on-page glossaries for contemporary readers, stage directions from RSC directors, a sixteen-page insert of photographs from RSC production shorts, a timeline of the plays and poems, and family trees for the Histories. Combining innovative scholarship with brilliant commentary and textual analysis that emphasizes performance history and values, this landmark edition is indispensable to students, theater professionals, and general readers alike.
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0593230310
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 2549
Book Description
The newly revised, wonderfully authoritative First Folio of William Shakespeare’s Complete Works, edited by acclaimed Shakespearean scholars and endorsed by the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company Skillfully assembled by Shakespeare’s fellow actors in 1623, the First Folio was the original Complete Works—arguably the most important literary work in the English language. But starting with Nicholas Rowe in 1709 and continuing to the present day, Shakespeare editors have mixed Folio and Quarto texts, gradually corrupting the original Complete Works with errors and conflated textual variations. The second edition of the Complete Works features annotations and commentary from Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen—two of today’s preeminent Shakespeare scholars—as well as cutting-edge textual design, on-page glossaries for contemporary readers, stage directions from RSC directors, a sixteen-page insert of photographs from RSC production shorts, a timeline of the plays and poems, and family trees for the Histories. Combining innovative scholarship with brilliant commentary and textual analysis that emphasizes performance history and values, this landmark edition is indispensable to students, theater professionals, and general readers alike.
The Complete Works of William Shakspeare
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
William Shakespeare: The Complete Works
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191608394
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1423
Book Description
The second Oxford edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works reconsiders every detail of their text and presentation in the light of modern scholarship. The nature and authority of the early documents are re-examined, and the canon and chronological order of composition freshly established. Spelling and punctuation are modernized, and there is a brief introduction to each work, as well as an illuminating and informative General Introduction. Included here for the first time is the play The Reign of King Edward the Third as well as the full text of Sir Thomas More. This new edition also features an essay on Shakespeare's language by David Crystal, and a bibliography of foundational works.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191608394
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1423
Book Description
The second Oxford edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works reconsiders every detail of their text and presentation in the light of modern scholarship. The nature and authority of the early documents are re-examined, and the canon and chronological order of composition freshly established. Spelling and punctuation are modernized, and there is a brief introduction to each work, as well as an illuminating and informative General Introduction. Included here for the first time is the play The Reign of King Edward the Third as well as the full text of Sir Thomas More. This new edition also features an essay on Shakespeare's language by David Crystal, and a bibliography of foundational works.
Histories
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description