Macbeth is a noble and courageous man who is happy to serve his master, King Duncan. Then, after a chance meeting, the seed of ambition is planted in his mind. Gripped with the same ambition, Lady Macbeth pushes her husband to gain even more power, with terrible consequences. New features to help make the books accessible include: illustrated character lists; notes on history; on page explanations of difficult words; and new teaching notes.
This book features in the following series: Treetops, Treetops Classics .
This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels.
There are 88 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Oxford University Press .
Jon Blake lives in Cardiff and is a successful Sparks author, he wrote the excellent title Sid's War in the series. Rene Weis is Professor of English at University College London and a distinguished editor and biographer of Shakespeare.
This book contains the following story:
Macbeth
Macbeth is the bravest general in Scotland, and a loyal servant to King Duncan. But then three witches plant the seed of criminal ambition by suggesting that one day he could be king himself. Mad with ambition, and spurred on by Lady Macbeth, Macbeth sets out on a killing spree of former friends and rivals as part of a bloody path to power, until a final confrontation when he realizes too late that the witches have deceived him.
This book is in the following series:
Treetops Classics
Treetops
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