Title: - Shakespeare's English Kings
Author: - Peter Saccio
Publisher: - Oxford University Press
Year: - 1977
Format: - Paperback
Condition: - The overall condition is acceptable, the book is tight and straight there is a curve to the cover.
Cover: The cover has some marking and creasing, some discolouration and fading.
Spine: The Spine is good, there is some creasing and fading to the spine.
Pages: The pages are clear, there is some tanning to the pages, there is some light creasing and knocking of the corners. There is a slight sweet odour to the book
Page Edges: The page edges are good with good corners, there is some type of spotting marks and age discolouration to the page edges.
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Language: - English
Book Content: - Far more than any professional historian, Shakespeare is responsible for whatever notions most of us possess about English medieval history. Anyone who appreciates the dramatic action of Shakespeare's history plays but is confused by much of the historical detail will welcome this guide to the Richards, Edwards, Henrys, Warwick's and Norfolk's who ruled and fought across Shakespeare's page and stage. Not only theatre-goers and students, but today's film-goers who want to enrich their understanding of film adaptations of plays such as Richard III and Henry V will find this revised edition of Shakespeare's English Kings to be an essential companion.
Saccio's engaging narrative weaves together three threads: medieval English history according to the Tudor chroniclers who provided Shakespeare with his material, that history as understood by modern scholars, and the action of the plays themselves. Including a new preface, a revised further reading list, genealogical charts, an appendix of names and titles, and an index, the second edition of Shakespeare's English Kings offers excellent background reading for all of the ten history plays.