If it were possible to grittily reboot Shakespeare, the result might look something like The King. Based on the Henriad — the series of plays including Richard II; Henry IV, Part One; Henry IV, Part ...
In a comprehensive biography, the historian Dan Jones tries to reconcile the hero of legend with the complicated young monarch of reality. By Stephen Greenblatt Stephen Greenblatt is the John Cogan ...
The next few days will be the anniversary of one of the most important battles in the English-speaking world. This was the brutal encounter on the field of Agincourt on the Feast of St. Crispin, Oct.