Project Gutenberg 2008-10-03 Public domain in the USA. 62 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Guizot, François 1787 1874 Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, M. (François) Guisot, M. (François) Guizot, Monsieur (François) Guizot, François Henri VI (2/3) Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Henri VI (2/3)" by William Shakespeare is a historical tragedy written in the late 16th century. This play is part of Shakespeare’s exploration of the complexities of leadership, power, and the conflicting claims to the English throne during the turbulent period of the Wars of the Roses. Central characters include the young King Henry VI, his ambitious uncle Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, and Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, as they navigate alliances, enmities, and the heavy burdens of their claims to power. The opening portion of the play sets a dramatic tone as court dignitaries welcome Queen Margaret, who has been married off to King Henry as part of a peace treaty with France. Suspicion and rivalry boil beneath the surface as Duke Gloucester expresses foreboding about the political machinations surrounding this union. Tensions rise with challenges to loyalty and ambition, foreshadowing conflict among the nobles, particularly between the houses of Lancaster and York. As alliances form and dissolve, the atmosphere hints at the impending chaos that will spiral from these power struggles, capturing the reader's attention with themes of betrayal and ambition within a royal court. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471 -- Drama Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Drama Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461 -- Drama PR Text FR Théâtre Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 238472 237488 2024-10-11T11:38:28.951489 2023-09-12T04:47:42.757519 text/html text/html 228599 2021-01-04T04:43:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 86339 2021-01-04T04:43:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 164237 2024-10-11T11:38:36.428493 application/epub+zip 168529 2024-10-11T11:38:32.093487 application/epub+zip 148155 2024-10-11T11:38:30.785488 application/epub+zip 308232 2024-10-11T11:38:39.535473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294424 2024-10-11T11:38:35.640519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258302 2022-09-12T11:15:58.718828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215120 214847 2024-10-11T11:38:28.129503 2023-09-12T04:47:42.194517 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 210943 2021-01-04T04:43:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 82777 2021-01-04T04:43:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21979 2024-10-11T11:38:39.671455 application/rdf+xml 13284 2024-10-11T11:38:31.348480 image/jpeg 3342 2024-10-11T11:38:31.059542 image/jpeg 160776 2024-10-11T11:38:28.974494 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia