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008 Richard III, the early years: Henry VI, Part 3
The War of the Roses! A pacifist King, a warrior Queen, rebellious lords, and more battles than you can shake a wooden sword at. And like Revenge of the Sith, we see the rise of one of fiction’s most famous baddies – Richard III!
Is this much-ignored war-story worth picking up? Michael, Greg, and Sophie find out.
Sources:
The Life of the Author: William Shakespeare, by Anna Beer, from Wiley Blackwell
William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life, by S. Schoenbaum, from Oxford University Press
The Life and Times of William Shakespeare, by Peter Levi, from PaperMac
Shakespeare: The Biography…
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