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Author : W. Shakespeare
Release : 1988-01
Genre : Drama
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Book Synopsis Richard II by : W. Shakespeare
Download or read book Richard II written by W. Shakespeare. This book was released on 1988-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic tragedy about the downfall of King Richard II is presented with critical commentary and historical background
Author : Kathryn Warner
Release : 2017-10-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 795/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Richard II by : Kathryn Warner
Download or read book Richard II written by Kathryn Warner. This book was released on 2017-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new biography re-examining the complex and fascinating king, whose very humanity saw him deposed from his divine role.
Author : Shakespeare
Release : 1895
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Book Synopsis The Tragedy of King Richard II by : Shakespeare
Download or read book The Tragedy of King Richard II written by Shakespeare. This book was released on 1895. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Shakespeare
Release : 2018-10-28
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Book Synopsis Richard II by : William Shakespeare
Download or read book Richard II written by William Shakespeare. This book was released on 2018-10-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard II by William Shakespeare . Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be seen as a tragedy, or a historical play, or a political drama, or as one part of a vast dramatic cycle which helped to generate England's national identity. Today, to some of us, Richard II may appear conservative; but, in Shakespeare's day, it could appear subversive: 'I am Richard II', declared an indignant Queen Elizabeth. Numerous recent revivals in the theatre and on screen have demonstrated the enduring power and poignancy of this drama of the downfall of an egoistic but pitiable monarch.
Author : Nigel Saul
Release : 2008-10-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 050/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Richard II by : Nigel Saul
Download or read book Richard II written by Nigel Saul. This book was released on 2008-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard II is one of the most enigmatic of English kings. Shakespeare depicted him as a tragic figure, an irresponsible, cruel monarch who nevertheless rose in stature as the substance of power slipped from him. By later writers he has been variously portrayed as a half-crazed autocrat or a conventional ruler whose principal errors were the mismanagement of his nobility and disregard for the political conventions of his age. This book—the first full-length biography of Richard in more than fifty years—offers a radical reinterpretation of the king. Nigel Saul paints a picture of Richard as a highly assertive and determined ruler, one whose key aim was to exalt and dignify the crown. In Richard's view, the crown was threatened by the factiousness of the nobility and the assertiveness of the common people. The king met these challenges by exacting obedience, encouraging lofty new forms of address, and constructing an elaborate system of rule by bonds and oaths. Saul traces the sources of Richard's political ideas and finds that he was influenced by a deeply felt orthodox piety and by the ideas of the civil lawyers. He shows that, although Richard's kingship resembled that of other rulers of the period, unlike theirs, his reign ended in failure because of tactical errors and contradictions in his policies. For all that he promoted the image of a distant, all-powerful monarch, Richard II's rule was in practice characterized by faction and feud. The king was obsessed by the search for personal security: in his subjects, however, he bred only insecurity and fear. A revealing portrait of a complex and fascinating figure, the book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the politics and culture of the English middle ages.
