Wars of the Roses Series

8 primary works • 8 total works
"The War(s) of the Roses" is a phrase used to describe the civil wars in England between the Lancastrian and Yorkist dynasties. Some of the events of these wars were dramatised by Shakespeare in the history plays Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; Henry V; Henry VI, Part 1; Henry VI, Part 2; Henry VI, Part 3; and Richard III.

Book 1

Richard II
3.77
· 25411 Ratings · 1642 Reviews · published 1595 · 1974 editions
Written in 1595, Richard II occupies a significant…
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Book 2

King Henry IV, Part 1
3.80
· 31057 Ratings · 1647 Reviews · published 1597 · 1654 editions
David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the re…
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Book 3

Henry IV, Part Two
3.77
· 20189 Ratings · 812 Reviews · published 1598 · 1148 editions
The stirring continuation of the themes begun in H…
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Book 4

Henry V
3.85
· 50590 Ratings · 1918 Reviews · published 1599 · 2572 editions
Henry V is Shakespeare’s most famous “war play”; i…
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Book 5

Henry VI, Part 1
3.54
· 9000 Ratings · 764 Reviews · published 1592 · 1067 editions
Henry VI, Part 1 is an uncompromising celebration …
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Book 6

King Henry VI, Part 2
3.61
· 7714 Ratings · 598 Reviews · published 1591 · 1016 editions
The second play in Shakespeare's 'First Tetralogy,…
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Book 7

King Henry VI, Part 3
3.71
· 7337 Ratings · 558 Reviews · published 1592 · 1558 editions
This new edition to the Oxford Shakespeare series,…
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Book 8

Richard III
3.91
· 54852 Ratings · 2754 Reviews · published 1593 · 2308 editions
This is Richard III with a new, modern-spelling te…
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