Richard II (Collins Classics) - William Shakespeare

Bear you well in this new spring of timeLest you be croppd before you come to primeKing Richard II rules England in a wasteful and shortsighted way spending money unwisely and selecting his counselors foolishly His manner ostracises him from his people and his country and its not long before both commoners and noblemen feel Richard has gone too farWhen Richard seizes land that rightfully belongs to his cousin Henry Bolingbroke Bolingbroke retaliates by invading England while Richard is at war in Ireland More popular with the commoners Henry is eventually crowned King Henry IVOne of Shakespeares history plays Richard II explores the notion of the shadow that is cast over a kings reign if the throne is gained in underhand ways