THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, VOLUME 8 & 9; HENRY VI PART I, II & III, KING JOHN

PHILADELPHIA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 BEAUTIFUL DARK RED COVER, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT WITH NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, THICK PAGES, COLORFUL ARTWORK ON TITLE PAGE. NO DATE LISTED, CIRCA EARLY 1900. TWO COLOR PLATES INSIDE. VOLUME 8 HAS HENRY VI PART I & II AND VOLUME 9 HAS PART III AND KING JOHN. Henry VI is a series of three history plays by William Shakespeare, set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Henry VI, Part 1 deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, as the English political system is torn apart by personal squabbles and petty jealousy; Henry VI, Part 2 depicts the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, and the inevitability of armed conflict; and Henry VI, Part 3 deals with the horrors of that conflict. King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199¿1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. It is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s but was not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.