| The Life Of King Henry V Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1535550481 ISBN-13: 9781535550482 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1799 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Drama | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 8" W x 10" (0.45 lbs) 94 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War. In the First Quarto text, it was entitled The Cronicle History of Henry the fifth, which became The Life of Henry the Fifth in the First Folio text. The play is the final part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, and Henry IV, Part 2. The original audiences would thus have already been familiar with the title character, who was depicted in the Henry IV plays as a wild, undisciplined lad known as "Prince Harry" and by Falstaff as "Hal". In Henry V, the young prince has become a mature man and embarks on a successful conquest of France. |