Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
History of the Life and Death of King John
Author: William ShakespeareShakespeare's History of the Life and Death of King John
Author: William ShakespeareKing John
Author: Marc MorrisPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605988863
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
King John is one of those historical characters who needs little in the way of introduction. If readers are not already familiar with him as the tyrant whose misgovernment gave rise to Magna Carta, we remember him as the villain in the stories of Robin Hood. Formidable and cunning, but also cruel, lecherous, treacherous and untrusting. Twelve years into his reign, John was regarded as a powerful king within the British Isles. But despite this immense early success, when he finally crosses to France to recover his lost empire, he meets with disaster. John returns home penniless to face a tide of criticism about his unjust rule. The result is Magna Carta – a ground-breaking document in posterity, but a worthless piece of parchment in 1215, since John had no intention of honoring it. Like all great tragedies, the world can only be put to rights by the tyrant’s death. John finally obliges at Newark Castle in October 1216, dying of dysentery as a great gale howls up the valley of the Trent.
King John and Religion
Author: Paul WebsterPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783270292
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
A study of the personal religion of King John, presenting a more complex picture of his actions and attitude.
Shakespeare's History of the Life and Death of King John
Author: William ShakespeareShakespeare's History of the Life and Death of King John
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
King John
Author: S. D. ChurchPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780851159478
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The controversial reign of King John is the subject of the essays collected in this book, which offers a challenging reappraisal of a number of its most important aspects.
The Troublesome Reign of King John
Author: Arthur Frederick HopkinsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Author: William Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare