7 best-selling historical fiction books like Thomas of Woodstock, or King Richard the Second, Part One by Peter Corbin

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Thomas of Woodstock, or King Richard the Second, Part One

By: Peter Corbin

3.47

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

This anonymous manuscript play has long been the subject of scholarly dispute regarding its relatio…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Thomas of Woodstock, or King Richard the Second, Part One by Peter Corbin , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Roaring Girl by Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, Elizabeth Cook

1. The Roaring Girl

By: Thomas Dekker , Thomas Middleton , Elizabeth Cook

3.41

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

New Mermaids are modern spelling, fully-annotated editions of important Engish plays. Each volume i… read more

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Cover of Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Cynthia Marshall

2. Antony and Cleopatra

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Cynthia Marshall

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A romantic tragedy about the relationship between Mark Antony and the Queen of Egypt, including not… read more

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  • plays
  • historical fiction
"Melt Egypt into Nile!"

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"Make death proud to take us."

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"...make death proud to take us."

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"Thou are the armourer of my heart—"

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

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3. Dr. Faustus

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.80

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor… read more

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  • plays
"Hell is just a frame of mind."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Be silent then, for danger is in words."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

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4. Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more

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"a raven's heart within a dove."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"I pity you That's a degree to love"

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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5. Love's Labour's Lost

By: William Shakespeare , Henry R. Woudhuysen

4.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To begin the introduction, the editor discusses the link between Love's Labour's Lostand the writin… read more

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  • plays
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6. The Prince

By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez

3.84

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more

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"Is it better to be loved or feared?"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

Cover of Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare, Stephen Orgel, A.R. Braunmuller

7. Henry VI, Part 1

By: William Shakespeare , Stephen Orgel , A.R. Braunmuller

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket.… read more

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  • plays
  • historical fiction
Cover of Henry IV, Part 2 (Wars of the Roses, #3) by William Shakespeare

8. Henry IV, Part 2 (Wars of the Roses, #3)

By: William Shakespeare

3.57

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

The stirring continuation of the themes begun in Henry IV, Part Oneagain pits a rebellion within th… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine

9. Henry VIII

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

Format: None pages,

Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a… read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. Coriolanus

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill

3.30

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Shakespeare's last tragedy explores the career and death of a brilliant and arrogant Roman general.… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare, Lois Potter

11. The Two Noble Kinsmen

By: William Shakespeare , Lois Potter

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

The content of this edition include a list of the illustrations featured within the text and a pref… read more

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  • plays

12. The Maid's Tragedy

By: John Fletcher , Francis Beaumont

3.80

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was cond… read more

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13. Venus and Adonis

By: William Shakespeare , Christa Jansohn

3.28

Format: 404 pages,

Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal… read more

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14. The Rape of Lucrece

By: William Shakespeare

4.00

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

The Rape of Lucrece is a 1594 narrative poem. In 509 BC Lucretia was raped by the son of Tarquin th… read more

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15. The Tempest

By: William Shakespeare

4.27

Format: 127 pages,

In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero--a magician on an… read more

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16. King Henry VI, Part 2

By: William Shakespeare , Christopher Marlowe , None

3.57

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This edition celebrates King Henry VI Part 2as one of the most exciting and dynamic plays of the En… read more

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17. The Winter's Tale

By: William Shakespeare

4.75

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emph… read more

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18. King Henry IV, Part 1 (Wars of the Roses, #2)

By: William Shakespeare , David Scott Kastan

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry … read more

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19. Metamorphoses

By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney

3.99

Format: 240 pages,

Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more

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20. King John

By: William Shakespeare , Paul Werstine

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ru… read more

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21. Othello

By: William Shakespeare

4.48

Format: None pages,

In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (betwee… read more

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22. Shakespeare's Sonnets

By: William Shakespeare , Katherine Duncan-Jones

4.45

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

T.S. Eliot once wrote that, "Shakespeare gives the greatest width of human passion," and it is this… read more

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23. The Duchess of Malfi

By: John Webster

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Webster's The Duchess of M… read more

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24. Richard II

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill , None

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be … read more

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25. Titus Andronicus

By: William Shakespeare

3.68

Format: 268 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Titus Andronicus is one of Shakespeare's earliest and bloodiest tragedies and was hugely successful… read more

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  • plays
  • historical fiction
"Hark, villains! I will grind your bones to dust. (Act V, Scene 2, 2503)"

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Sorrow concealèd, like an oven stopped, Doth burn the heart to cinders where it is."

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Villain, what hast thou done? Aaron: That which thou canst not undo. Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother. Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother."

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Now is a time to storm; why art thou still? TITUS ANDRONICUS: Ha, ha, ha! MARCUS ANDRONICUS: Why dost thou laugh? it fits not with this hour. TITUS ANDRONICUS: Why, I have not another tear to shed:"

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

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26. M Train

By: Patti Smith

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, … read more

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"We sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality."

-Patti Smith, M Train

"Those were mystical times. An era of small pleasures."

-Patti Smith, M Train

"He picks the lock of her dreams with her own hairpin."

-Patti Smith, M Train

"I may not know what is in your mind, but I know how your mind works."

-Patti Smith, M Train

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27. Paradise Lost

By: John Milton , John Leonard

3.84

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more

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"What hath night to do with sleep?"

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Solitude sometimes is best society."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

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28. The Young Man

By: Annie Ernaux

3.61

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breat… read more

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29. Year of the Monkey

By: Patti Smith

3.80

Format: 171 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully reali… read more

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"Nothing bothered me, not even the things that bothered me."

-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey

"Some dreams aren't dreams at all, just another angle of physical reality."

-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey

"I could feel the gravitational pull of home, which when I'm home too long becomes the gravitational pull of somewhere else."

-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey

"Yet still I keep thinking that something wonderful is about to happen. Maybe tomorrow. A tomorrow following a whole succession of tomorrows."

-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey

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30. The Merry Devil

By: William Shakespeare

3.35

Format: 77 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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Cover of Thomas of Woodstock, or King Richard the Second, Part One by Peter Corbin

31. Thomas of Woodstock, or King Richard the Second, Part One

By: Peter Corbin

3.47

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

This anonymous manuscript play has long been the subject of scholarly dispute regarding its relatio… read more

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  • historical fiction

13 Top plays books like Thomas of Woodstock, or King Richard the Second, Part One by Peter Corbin

Transform Your Habits

The Roaring Girl

Thomas Dekker , Thomas Middleton , Elizabeth Cook

3.41

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Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Cynthia Marshall

3.71

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Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe

3.80

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Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

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Everyman

Anonymous , Unknown

3.27

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Arden of Faversham

Anonymous , Unknown , Martin White , Tom Lockwood

3.47

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Christopher Marlowe

3.80

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William Congreve

3.31

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