num_pages: 304
description: This moving and eloquent historical drama depicts the conflict between a willful and arrogant poet of a king, Richard II, and his politically pragmatic cousin, Bolingbroke. Rich with memorable scenes and speeches, this lyrical history moves from a splendid medieval tournament to the poignant surrender of a crown; from the queen’s heart-shattering farewell to her king to Richard’s murder—a deed “chronicled in hell” that lives forever as one of the great moments in theater.
language: English
title: Richard II
titlecomplete: Richard II (Bantam Classics)
characters: Sir Piers Exton, Gardener, Thomas Merke, Bishop of Carlisle, Henry IV of England, Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley, Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, Edward of Langley, 2nd Duke of York, Sir Henry Greene, Sir Edward Bagot, Welsh Captain, Groom, William de Ros, 6th Baron Ros, Walter FitzWalter, 4th (or 5th) Baron FitzWalter, Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester, 1st Gardener's Man, Edward, 2nd Duke of York, Duke of Aumerle, Henry V of England, 2nd Lady, 1st Herald, 1st Lady, William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, King of Mann, Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Isabella of Valois, Sir Stephen Scroop, Henry Percy "Hotspur", Sir William Bushy, Joan Holland, William de Colchester, Abbott of Westminster, John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, 2nd Gardener's Man, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, Keeper of Pomfret Prison, Richard II of England, 2nd Herald, Lord Marshal
genres: Literature, Theatre, Drama, Historical, Fiction, Classics, School, Historical Fiction, Plays, Poetry
ratings_count: 24188
series: Wars of the Roses
publisher: Bantam Classics