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John
Julius Norwich.
Shakespeare's Kings.
Harmondsworth:
Penguin,
2000.
xxv,467pp, 28 plates.
Paperback, ISBN
0140249133.
Publisher's
recommended price UK
£9.99;
Canada
$22.99
The
Wars of the Roses,
the Battle of Bosworth and the Princes in the Tower; the century and a
half covered by Shakespeare's history plays - from the recently
authenticated Edward
III to Richard III - is so full of incident that dramatic
licence
might seem unnecessary. But as this fascinating survey of the period
shows,
Shakespeare's dramas - which have influenced popular hstory for
centuries
- are prone to depart from the facts. By illuminating the enthralling
political,
military and dynastic events which supplied the raw material for the
greatest
dramatist in the English language, and the artistic, political and
practical
considerations that determined his approach to that material, John
Julius
Norwich does a great service both to lovers of traditional narrative
history,
and to all those interested in Shakespeare and his work. Previously
published
in hardback.
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