Henry VI, Part One

The first of Shakespeare's four plays about the Wars of the Roses, dramatizing the rivalry between power-hungry noble houses, divided by grievances inherited from the past. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by Norman Sanders with an introduction by Jane Kingsley-Smith.'Send between the red rose and the whiteA thousand souls to death and deadly night'After the death of Henry V, the French revolt and threaten to reclaim their country from English rule. Guided by his Lord Protector, the yo