Shakespeare's Complete Works -- History Plays Volume (Upper and Lower) Revised Edition

Author: Shakespeare
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Publish Date: 1998-08-01
Features: This play depicts the "War of the Roses" in England. Shakespeare referred to many sources, pieced them together, and added many plots, with the main basis being Edward Hall's "The Union of the Noble Houses of Lancaster and York." Hall's main point is to illustrate that internal strife leads to chaos and decline, while reconciliation can bring about national revival. Henry Richmond of the Lancastrian family and Elizabeth of the York family married, uniting the two families and thus ushering in a new era of prosperity and prosperity.