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Shakespeare Stories: Henry V: Shakespeare Stories for Children


Shakespeare Stories

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No. of pages 64

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Great for age 7-11 years
A thrilling retelling of this fantastic historical play. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Patriotism in Henry V.

 

This book features in the following series: Orchard Classics, Shakespeare Stories .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Andrew Matthews is a celebrated children's author, who has written over fifty books and has twice been nominated for the Smarties prize. Tony Ross is one of the UK s top illustrators of children s stories. His books are published in twenty-two languages. "

This book contains the following stories:

Henry V
Cry, 'God for Harry! England and Saint George!' An account of Henry's triumphant victory over vastly superior French forces in 1415.

Hamlet
One dark night, Hamlet, prince of Denmark, sees a ghost. It is his dead father, who claims he was murdered by Claudius, the new king. But did Hamlet really see a ghost, or did he just imagine it? And if he did see a ghost, was it telling him the truth? Hamlet plans to avenge his father by killing Claudius. But the man he stabs isn't Claudius, as he thinks, but his girlfriend's father. So the wrong man dies. So much tragedy, but there is more to come as Hamlet's apparent insanity soon begins to wreak havoc on innocent and guilty alike.

This book is in the following series:

Shakespeare Stories

Orchard Classics

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