The third and bloodiest instalment of Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy sees the Wars of the Roses at their most violent, with the crown changing hands repeatedly as York and Lancaster cut each other down. The future Richard III begins his sinister rise here, and the saintly Henry becomes little more than a bystander to the carnage around him.
Completing the arc that leads into Richard III, this play is essential for anyone reading Shakespeare’s first history cycle in sequence. This free EPUB is formatted for any e-reader.