William dreams of acting & writing plays This ambition takes him from the quiet country town of Stratford to the great playhouses of London where his talent takes the city by storm The life of Britain's most famous playwright told for children ready to tackle longer & more complex books ...

May the verse be with you! Inspired by one of the greatest creative minds in the English language
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The popular NYT best-selling Elizabethansci-fi mashup series continues with a Shakespearean take on the second Star Wars prequel Attack of the Clones When the best-selling William Shakespeare's Star Wars presented the classic George Lucas film in the form of an Elizabethan drama the results blew the minds of Star Wars fans & Shakespeare buffs alike Now the curtain rises once again on that star-crossed galaxy far away as we witness Machiavellian machinations deft swordplay & a tragic hero beginning his fall from grace In this retelling of Star Wars Episode II Attack of the clones the masterful meter Shakepearean soliloquies & intricate Elizabethan illustrations will leave more than a few readers convinced that the Star Wars saga sprang straight from the Bard's quill ...

The highly-anticipated second installment in the to the New York Times best-selling series WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S STAR WARS The best-selling William Shakespeare's Star Wars strikes back with all-new all-Elizabethan officially-licensed retellings of Episode V Return to the star-crossed galaxy far far away as the brooding young hero power-mad emperor & jesting droids match wits struggle for power & soliloquize in elegant & impeccable iambic pentameter Illustrated with beautifully intricate Renaissance-style artwork the saga of swashbuckling swordfighting & romance unfolds like you've never read it before ...

As the noble Resistance clashes with the vile First Order Rey Finn Poe Dameron Kylo Ren & BB-8 are pulled into a galaxy-wide drama in iambic pentameter Star Wars fans & Shakespeare enthusiasts alike will enjoy the authentic meter the reimagined movie scenes & dialog woodcut-style illustrations & hidden Easter eggs throughout Chewbacca speaks! Supreme Leader Snoke gives a soliloquy! & the romance of Han Solo & Leia Organa takes a tragic turn that Shakespeare would approve of Fun funny & true to the spirit of Lucas films The story may take place in a galaxy far far away but you ll be convinced it was written by the Bard ...

Oversized mini book packed with witty summaries of the plays of William Shakespeare a man widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language A Midsummer Night's Dream Romeo & Juliet Henry V & all of the Shakespearan classics are efficiently organized into comedies tragedies & histories This compact tome is perfect for either digesting small bites of information or devouring in one sitting It features synopses character profiles & illustrations certain to entertain both novices & Shakespeare lovers alike ...

The second Oxford edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works reconsiders every detail of their text & presentation in the light of modern scholarship The nature & authority of the early documents are re-examined & the canon & chronological order of composition freshly established Spelling & punctuation are modernized & there is a brief introduction to each work as well as an illuminating & informative General Introduction Included here for the first time is the play The Reign of King Edward the Third as well as the full text of Sir Thomas More This new edition also features an essay on Shakespeare's language by David Crystal & a bibliography of foundational works ...

William the Conqueror is part of the popular Adventures from History series First published in 1966 this beautifully illustrated book has been specially re-released to commemorate the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings in 2016 Complete with stunning dust jacket this facsimile copy of the original

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& On the morning of 6 October 1536 a frail scholar was taken from a dungeon in the castle at Vilvoorde just north of Brussels Armed guards kept the crowds at bay as he was led through the streets of the small town He was to be burned The funeral pyre a wigwam stack of planks surmounted by a cross was ready Gunpowder would be thrown on the wood to encourage the flames He was allowed a few moments of prayer As a priest prayer had been the keystone of his faith After the brief pause he walked up the steps to be tied to the cross As he waited for the flames he called out " Lord open the King of England&s eyes!"& This was William Tyndale the man whose translation of the New Testament & much of the Old Testament was to bring about more profound changes to the English-speaking world over the next five centuries than the works of any other man in its history& From Chapter 1 Innocence & genius ...

William Tyndale (1494-1536) was the first person to translate the Bible into English from its original Greek & Hebrew & the first to print the Bible in English which he did in exile Giving the laity access to the word of God outraged the clerical establishment in England he was condemned hunted & eventually murdered However his masterly translation formed the basis of all English bibles--including the " King James Bible" many of whose finest passages were taken unchanged though unacknowledged from Tyndale&s work This important book published in the quincentenary year of his birth is the first major biography of Tyndale in sixty years It sets the story of his life in the intellectual & literary contexts of his immense achievement & explores his influence on the theology literature & humanism of Renaissance & Reformation Europe David Daniell editor of Tyndale&s New Testament & Tyndale&s Old Testament eloquently describes the dramatic turns in Tyndale&s life Born in England & educated at Oxford Tyndale was ordained as a priest When he decided to translate the Bible into English he realized that it was impossible to do that work in England & moved to Germany living in exile there & in the Low Countries while he translated & printed first the New Testament & then half of the Old Testament These were widely circulated-and denounced-in England Yet Tyndale continued to write from abroad publishing polemics in defense of the principles of the English reformation He was seized in Antwerp imprisoned in Vilvoorde Castle near Brussels & burnt at the stake for heresy in 1536 Daniell discusses Tyndale&s achievement as biblical translator & expositor analyzes his writing examines his stylistic influence on writers from Shakespeare to those of the twentieth century & explores the reasons why he has not been more highly regarded His book brings to life one of the great geniuses of the age ...