A Shakespeare Story: King Lear

Name: A Shakespeare Story: King Lear
Brand: Hachette Children's Group
SKU: 9781408305034
Price: 7.64 EUR
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English

By (author): Andrew Matthews

Illustrated by: Tony Ross

Foolish and bad-tempered, King Lear divides the kingdom between his two wicked daughters, disowns his honest youngest daughter and banishes his friends. As the kingdom falls apart and Lear's humiliation turns him mad, will he finally realise what he has done? With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Chaos and Old Age in King Lear.
The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's engaging black-and-white illustrations, each play is vividly brought to life allowing these culturally enriching stories to be shared with as wide an audience as possible.

Have you read all of The Shakespeare Stories books? Available in this series: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III, and King Lear.

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Product Details

Weight: 60g
Dimensions: 128 x 192mm
Publication Date: 04 Mar 2010
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Age Group: Ages 5-7
ISBN13: 9781408305034

About Andrew Matthews

Andrew Matthews is a celebrated children's author who has written over fifty books and has twice been nominated for the Smarties prize. Tony Ross was born in London and studied at the Liverpool School of Art and Design. He has worked as a cartoonist a graphic designer as the Art Director of an advertising agency and as Senior Lecturer in Art at Manchester Polytechnic. Tony is one of the most popular and successful children's illustrators of all time best known for illustrating Horrid Henry and the works of David Walliams. Tony's books have been translated into 40 languages in over 100 countries. He lives in Macclesfield.