King Henry Iv

Author : Ian Mortimer
Publisher : Rosetta Books
ISBN 13 : 0795335431
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry IV: The Righteous King written by Ian Mortimer and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2014-02-22 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real life story of the Plantagenet ruler, by “the most remarkable medieval historian of our time” (The Times, London). The talented, confident, and intelligent son of John of Gaunt, Henry IV started his reign as a popular and charismatic king after he dethroned the tyrannical and wildly unpopular Richard II. But six years into his reign, Henry had survived eight assassination and overthrow attempts. Having broken God’s law of primogeniture by overthrowing the man many people saw as the chosen king, Henry IV left himself vulnerable to challenges from powerful enemies about the validity of his reign. Even so, Henry managed to establish the new Lancastrian dynasty and a new rule of law—in highly turbulent times. In this book, noted historian Ian Mortimer, bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England and The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England, goes beyond the legend portrayed in Shakespeare’s history play, and explores the political and social forces that transformed Henry IV from his nation’s savior to its scourge.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465586830
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry IV (Complete) written by William Shakespeare and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chris Given-Wilson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300154194
Total Pages : 621 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry IV written by Chris Given-Wilson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry IV (1399-1413), the son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, seized the English throne at the age of thirty-two from his cousin Richard II and held it until his death, aged forty-five, when he was succeeded by his son, Henry V. This comprehensive and nuanced biography restores to his rightful place a king often overlooked in favor of his illustrious progeny. Henry faced the usual problems of usurpers: foreign wars, rebellions, and plots, as well as the ambitions and demands of the Lancastrian retainers who had helped him win the throne. By 1406 his rule was broadly established, and although he became ill shortly after this and never fully recovered, he retained ultimate power until his death. Using a wide variety of previously untapped archival materials, Chris Given-Wilson reveals a cultured, extravagant, and skeptical monarch who crushed opposition ruthlessly but never quite succeeded in satisfying the expectations of his own supporters.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of King Henry the Fifth written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : I. S. Robinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521545907
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry IV of Germany 1056-1106 written by I. S. Robinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-04 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the reign of the German king and emperor Henry IV (1056-1106).

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408151839
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Henry IV Part 2 written by William Shakespeare and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More troubled and troubling than King Henry IV Part 1, the play continues the story of King Henry's decline and Hal's reform. Though Part 2 echoes the structure of the earlier play, it is a darker and more unsettling world, in which even Falstaff's revelry is more tired and cynical, and the once-merry Hal sloughs off his tavern companions to become King Henry V. James C. Bulman's authoritative edition provides a wealth of incisive commentary on this complex history play.

Author : Townsend Miller
Publisher : Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1972 [c1971]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry IV of Castile, 1425-1474 written by Townsend Miller and published by Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1972 [c1971]. This book was released on 1972 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Out of the turbulent, shadowed histories of the vaious medieval kingdoms destined to become Spain looms a strange, awkward figure--Henry IV of Castile... All his life he was an eccentric and a failure--the luckles veteran of futile campaigns, the bewildered victim of unending intrigue. A gentle giant who loved music and animals in an age when monarchs were generally preoccupied with conquest and slaughter, he found companionship chiefly amontg the lowborn... [This book] is a personal drama: a penetrating study of the nature, psychological and sexual, of a hitherto little-known king... played out against a vivid background of violence and war, with a cast of characters unequaled anywhere in the annals of history for their cunning and treachery"--Jacket flap.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : First Avenue Editions ™
ISBN 13 : 1512405477
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Henry IV, The Second Part written by William Shakespeare and published by First Avenue Editions ™. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second part of Henry IV, the Battle of Shrewsbury is over, the rebels temporarily beaten but not defeated. Prince Henry defeated "Hotspur" Percy in single combat, but other rebel leaders have taken his place. King Henry, drained by the civil war, is deathly ill. Prince Henry, knowing he must soon assume the throne, tries to distance himself from the rowdy and reprobate friends of his youth, including Falstaff. As rebel forces gather at the Forest of Gaultree and King Henry grows sicker, will Prince Henry be able to prove to his father that he has become worthy of wearing the crown? First published in 1600, this unabridged version of William Shakespeare's history play is the third in his tetralogy about the rise of the English royal House of Lancaster.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Part of King Henry IV, and the Old Play of the Famous Victories of Henry V. written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
ISBN 13 : 1512402338
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Henry IV, The First Part written by William Shakespeare and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1402, and King Henry IV sits uneasily on the throne that he wrested from his predecessor, Richard II. King Henry disapproves of his son, Prince Henry, and his habit of hanging around criminals like the witty but dishonest Falstaff. Meanwhile, young "Hotspur" Percy helps his family plot a rebellion to overthrow the king. Civil war is imminent, and the fate of the kingdom will be decided in a great battle at Shrewsbury. Faced with bloodshed, Prince Henry must find it within himself to be the son and heir his father has always wanted him to be. First published in 1598, this unabridged version of William Shakespeare's history play is the second in his tetralogy about the rise of the English royal House of Lancaster.