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Peter Saccio.
Shakespeare’s English Kings: History, Chronicle, and Drama.
Published New York: Oxford U.P., 1977.
Series: Oxford Paperbacks, no. 390.
ISBN 0192812246.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 133×201×16mm.
Page count: viii,268pp inc. 8 monochrome illustrations and 5 genealogies.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the covers on this copy are rather grubby and creased, and yellowed with age internally; spine faded and creased; text pages foxed at the edges and somewhat yellowed with age; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £5.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price for 2nd edn. £11.99]
Weight without packaging: 283g.

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Discusses the interaction between Tudor chroniclers, modern historiography, and the dramatic action in Shakespeare’s ten English history plays.

Contents: History & history plays; Richard II; Henry IV; Henry V; Henry VI; Henry VI & Edward IV; Richard III; John; Henry VIII.
Appendix: on names & titles.

Illustrations: 6 monochrome portraits
Maps & plans: 2

Notes: occasional, at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: 6
Chronology: yes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 11pp
Index:  yes

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