Richard III - William Shakespeare - Books -  - 9798678808929 - September 9, 2020
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Richard III

An account of the brutal and bloody rise of King Richard III to the throne, Shakespeare's play depicts the short-lived monarch's ruthless campaign for power, which resulted in the deaths of two of his brothers. Disfigured, hunchbacked, and cruel, King Richard's unpopularity with the nobility crippled his reign, resulting in his ultimate demise. Now is the winter of our discontentMade glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our houseIn the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths; Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. Grim-visaged war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barded steedsTo fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamberTo the lascivious pleasing of a lut

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 9, 2020
ISBN13 9798678808929
Pages 178
Dimensions 216 × 280 × 10 mm   ·   426 g
Language English  

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