num_pages: 304
description: After the death of Henry V, the French revolt and threaten to reclaim their country from English rule. Guided by his Lord Protector, the young King Henry VI journeys to Paris to reaffirm his rule over France. But while Joan of Arc battles the British abroad, discontent is also breeding at home, between the two ancient Houses of York and Lancaster.
language: English
title: Henry VI Part I
titlecomplete: Henry VI Part I
characters: Basset of the Lancastrian (Red Rose) faction, Margaret of Anjou, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, Countess of Auvergne, Henry VI of England, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Eleanor Cobham, Sir William Glasdale, Vernon of the Yorkist (White Rose) Faction, General of the French Garrison at Bordeaux, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, Nicholas Watton, Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thomas Gargrave, Jean de Dunois, A Papal Legate, Charles VII of France, Sir John Fastolf, A Lawyer of the Temple, John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Jeanne d'Arc, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, Master Gunner of Orléans, Sir William Lucy, René of Anjou, Master Gunner's son, Jacques Darc, Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of Winchester, Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
genres: Historical Fiction, Theatre, Historical, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 8601
places: England
series: Henry VI, Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy, Wars of the Roses
publisher: Penguin UK