Shakespeare's Kings
The Great Plays and the History of England in the Middle Ages: 1337-1485
By John Julius Norwich
(Scribner Book Company, Paperback, 9780743200318, 432pp.)
Publication Date: March 2001
Categories: Medieval, Shakespeare
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Description
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.











