Young Prince Edward and Tom Canty, a pauper boy who looks just like the royal youth, both learn something about "pleasures and palaces" when they accidentally switch places in sixteenth-century England.
Presents the annotated text of the play in which a rebellion against King and State is juxtaposed against the rebellion of Prince Hal against his father King Henry IV; and includes an introduction, an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare, and a note on the text used.
Presents part two of William Shakespeare's classic play "Henry IV," and contains detailed explanations of words and passages, plot and scene summaries, character analysis, a chronology of Shakespeare's life and times, and more.
Chronicles the life of ninth-century English king Alfred the Great, who saved the country from a Danish takeover and contributed greatly to the translation of Latin texts into Old English.
An annotated text of Shakespeare's history play in which fifteenth-century British King Henry V launches a war with France and copes with his identity as a king apart from his wild past and the actions of his father; includes sections on Shakespeare's theater, life, and texts.
