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At Bosworth Field, north and east, Henry VII, another maker and shaker, ended the Wars of the Roses in 1485. Shakespeares fought in this battle, or the Heralds' College thought so, a reason for the bristling crest it awarded them later, ...
At Bosworth Field, north and east, Henry VII, another maker and shaker, ended the Wars of the Roses in 1485. Shakespeares fought in this battle, or the Heralds' College thought so, a reason for the bristling crest it awarded them later, ...
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The age of the Tudors begins at Bosworth Field in 1485 when the first of them, Henry VII, seized the throne. Shakespeare tells this story in Richard III, his first permanent success for the stage. Taking his cue from Tudor propagandists ...
The age of the Tudors begins at Bosworth Field in 1485 when the first of them, Henry VII, seized the throne. Shakespeare tells this story in Richard III, his first permanent success for the stage. Taking his cue from Tudor propagandists ...
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Latimer remembered how "I buckled his harness when he went unto Blackheath Field." An independent yeoman, he sent his son to Cambridge, dowered his daughters and married them off. "He kept hospitality for his poor ...
Latimer remembered how "I buckled his harness when he went unto Blackheath Field." An independent yeoman, he sent his son to Cambridge, dowered his daughters and married them off. "He kept hospitality for his poor ...
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Besides this, he held two acres of meadow. He grew wheat, red and white, barley, rye, and hops. Rye and wheat were the bread-corn. Shakespeare's lover and his lass, making love in the fields, lie between "the acres of the rye.
Besides this, he held two acres of meadow. He grew wheat, red and white, barley, rye, and hops. Rye and wheat were the bread-corn. Shakespeare's lover and his lass, making love in the fields, lie between "the acres of the rye.
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The oxen stretch their yoke in vain, the ploughman loses his sweat, and the sheep-pen stands empty in the flooded fields. Crows grow fat on the "murrion flock," sick to death. Rogues and vagabonds — a lot of them in Shakespeare's ...
The oxen stretch their yoke in vain, the ploughman loses his sweat, and the sheep-pen stands empty in the flooded fields. Crows grow fat on the "murrion flock," sick to death. Rogues and vagabonds — a lot of them in Shakespeare's ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 25 | |
Shadows of Himself | 79 |
WildGoose Chase | 107 |
A Motley to the View | 136 |
For Ted and Lloyd St Antoine | 155 |
The Dyers Hand | 163 |
Index | 195 |
Sailing to Illyria 65 | 65 |
Fools of Nature 101 | 101 |
PR2894 F65 2007 | 106 |
Treason in the Blood 134 | 134 |
The Wine of Life 160 | 160 |
Bravest at the Last 188 | 188 |
Unpathed Waters Undreamed Shores | 217 |
Journeys End | 247 |
Includes bibliographical references and index | 1 |
The Revolution of the Times 34 | 34 |
Index | 281 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Shakespeare |
| Author | Russell A. Fraser |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 1412834031, 9781412834032 |
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