Shakespeare's Tudor History: A Study of Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2.(Book Review)

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Shakespeare's Tudor History: A Study of 'Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2'. By TOM MCALINDON. Aldershot, Burlington, VT, and Singapore: Ashgate. 2002. x + 225 pp. 45 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-7546-0468-3.

Shakespeare's Arguments with History. By RONALD KNOWLES. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave. 2002. ix+ 235 pp. 42.50 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-333-97021-7.

Superficially, both of these studies of Shakespeare's history plays share a common agenda in their rejection of...

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