5 must-read theatre books like Henry IV, Part 2 (Wars of the Roses, #3) by William Shakespeare

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

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…

If you liked the theatre plot in Henry IV, Part 2 (Wars of the Roses, #3) by William Shakespeare , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro

1. A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599

By: James Shapiro

4.08

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous pl… read more

Similar categories in James Shapiro's A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 book and William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2 (Wars of the Roses, #3)

  • theatre
  • drama
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2. 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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  • poetry
  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • 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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3. A Lover's Complaint

By: William Shakespeare

3.80

Format: None pages,

pubOne.info present you this new edition. From off a hill whose concave womb re-worded read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
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4. The Poems of St John of the Cross

By: John Frederick Nims , None

4.50

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

San Juan de la Cruz, the great sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, is regarded by many as Spain's fin… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
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5. The Eclogues

By: Virgil , Guy Lee

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Haunting and enigmatic, Virgil's Eclogues combined a Greek literary form with scenes from contempor… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John  Ford, Martin Wiggins

6. 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

By: John Ford , Martin Wiggins

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

One of the most controversal plays in drama literature, this play's treatment of the subject of inc… read more

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

7. 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

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2 (Wars of the Roses, #3) book and William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2 (Wars of the Roses, #3)

  • poetry
  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Enron by Lucy Prebble

8. Enron

By: Lucy Prebble

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

One of the most infamous scandals in financial history becomes a theatrical epic. At once a case st… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe, H. Havelock Ellis

9. The Jew of Malta

By: Christopher Marlowe , H. Havelock Ellis

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

The spirit of Machiavelli presides over The Jew of Malta,in which the title character relentlessly … read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) by Aeschylus, Patricia E. Easterling, John Harrison, Judith Affleck, None

10. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None

3.83

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more

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  • plays
  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
"Every medicine is vain."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"A curse burns bright on crime."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"There is no avoidance in delay."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"In war, the first casualty is truth."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

11. Falstaff: Give Me Life

By: Harold Bloom

4.03

Format: 606 pages, Hardcover

From Harold Bloom, one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time comes "a timely reminder of… read more

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12. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By: Unknown , None , Burton Raffel

4.50

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Written by an anonymous 14th-century poet, this epic poem is recognized as an equal of Chaucer's ma… read more

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13. The History of the Kings of Britain

By: Lewis Thorpe , Geoffrey of Monmouth

4.19

Format: 208 pages,

Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britaintraces the story of the realm from its suppos… read more

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14. Edward II

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.96

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

The last of Marlowe's great dramas, often considered his masterpiece. read more

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15. The Spanish Tragedy

By: Thomas Kyd , None

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Large Format for easy reading. Highly popular and influential in the development of Elizabethan dra… read more

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16. Crimes of the Heart

By: Beth Henley

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

This drama in three acts won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1981. Set in a small Mississippi town,… read more

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17. 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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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
"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

Cover of Love on the Line 2 (Women at Work, #2) by Kirsten Fullmer

18. Love on the Line 2 (Women at Work, #2)

By: Kirsten Fullmer

4.30

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

In part two of this extraordinary love story set in the hot, humid, summer of the wide-open mid-wes… read more

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  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again by Sharon Carter

19. Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

By: Sharon Carter

4.31

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Devastated by the death of her husband in a horrific car accident, Sage lives with a protective arm… read more

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  • fiction
  • drama
"Universe, not again. You can't cause another tragedy in my life."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

"Don't fucking move," Jacob said, pressing the gun into Nick's back."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

"I wish i could really believe that---really believe that. I'm glad the two of you met as well."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

"One thing I do know my son-in-law didn't hate you. That man loved you so much, sweetie," her father commented."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

Cover of Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics by Stephen Greenblatt

20. Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

By: Stephen Greenblatt

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

"Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable." ―Philip Roth World-renowned Shakespeare … read more

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  • drama
"He [Cade] promises to make England great again. How will he do that? He shows the crowd at once: he attacks education."

-Stephen Greenblatt, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

"Shakespeare grappled again and again with a deeply unsettling question: how is it possible for a whole country to fall into the hands of a tyrant?"

-Stephen Greenblatt, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

"...although the absurdity of the demagogue’s rhetoric was blatantly obvious, the laughter it elicited did not for a minute diminish its menace. Cade and his followers will not slink away because the …"

-Stephen Greenblatt, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

"The absurdity of these campaign promises is not an impediment to their effectiveness. On the contrary: Cade keeps producing demonstrable falsehoods about his origins and making wild claims about the …"

-Stephen Greenblatt, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

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21. God's Country

By: Percival Everett

4.08

Format: 219 pages, Paperback

This ‘comic and fierce’ novel spoofs the classic Western format with the dark, incisive humor we’ve… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

12 Best fiction books like Henry IV, Part 2 (Wars of the Roses, #3) by William Shakespeare

Transform Your Habits

Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe

3.80

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A Lover's Complaint

William Shakespeare

3.80

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The Eclogues

Virgil , Guy Lee

3.79

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'Tis Pity She's a Whore

John Ford , Martin Wiggins

4.17

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18 best-selling fiction books like The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe, H. Havelock Ellis

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Everyman

Anonymous , Unknown

3.27

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Antony and Cleopatra

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

3.71

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Arden of Faversham

Anonymous , Unknown , Martin White , Tom Lockwood

3.47

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The Changeling

Thomas Middleton , William Rowley

3.61

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