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The accused was a slight, freighted man who had deliberately broken the law. His trail was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were the two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves.

An annotated edition of Shakespeare's historical drama about the Duke of Gloucester's lust for power and obsessive pursuit of his brother's throne, with an introduction, an essay by Harold Bloom, and a note on the text used.

Believed to have been written in 1599, William Shakespeare's "Henry V" forms the final installment of a tetralogy of plays, which includes "Richard II", "Henry IV, Part I", and "Henry IV, Part II". The play focuses on the events surrounding the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War. Henry, who is introduced in the earlier plays as a wild and undisciplined youth, has now come of age and ascended to the thrown following the death of his...

The story of the murder of Thomas a Becket as seen through the eyes of the poet. A dramatization in verse of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury.

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.

In retelling the famous battles of the reign of Henry V, Shakespeare represents war in a variety of ways, glorifying it at times and at times condeming it.

Contents: King John; Richard the Second; Henry the Fourth, Part 1; Henry the Fourth, Part 2; Henry the Fifth; Henry the Sixth, Part 1; Henry the Sixth, Part 2; Henry the Sixth, Part 3; Richard the Third; Henry the Eighth. Edited, with an introduction to each play and a glossary, by Peter Alexander. Introduction by James G. McManaway, with illustrations by John Farleigh. Collector's edition, bound in genuine leather. Shelved in the "Classics" section....

"A triumphant Caesar enters Rome after defeating the sons of his old enemy, Pompey. Jealousy and fear over Caesar's reforms reveal a brewing conspiracy to assassinate him. As the plot thickens, Caesar's wife is plagued by terrible nightmares and begs him not to go to the Capitol. But Caesar shrugs off her fears and is accompanied to the Senate by the conspirators thus sealing his fate. Caesar's loyal friends rally to avenge his death and preserve...

The love of Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a British colonel, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies in colonial America