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  • Published: 20 November 1980
  • ISBN: 9780141934839
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240

Henry V





Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin Classics livery

Shakespeare's immutable history of Henry's victory over the French at Agincourt and the subsequent peace between the two nations is also a study of war and kingship. From a wild youth, Henry comes to embody all of the kingly virtues: courage, justice, integrity and honour. Ironically these qualities are brought to the fore by the realities of war.

Written at the end of the life of Elizabeth I, Henry V told the British people that with strong leadership, they had little to fear at a time of uncertainty.

  • Published: 20 November 1980
  • ISBN: 9780141934839
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240

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