Henry the Sixth through the Eyes of Shakespeare

Henry the Sixth – the most tragic figure on the English throne – in a new historical book by Alexandra Marinina. At just eight months old, he took his father's throne. He was crowned with the French crown at nine years old. It seemed that the golden dream of William the Conqueror for a "united and indivisible" Anglo-French monarchy had come true. But it did not work out… Henry the Sixth lost everything, he lost everything! The Hundred Years' War was lost to Joan of Arc and her Orléans men. He did not prevent the brotherly slaughter of the Wars of the Roses. He spent months in a schizophrenic stupor. Evil tongues whispered that his wife, the beautiful Margaret of Anjou, was unfaithful. Power slipped from his hands, while he dreamed of an idyllic life of a shepherd and poet. At 49, the last of the Lancastrians witnessed the murder of his only son Edward and himself perished in captivity. Is it any wonder that the creator of Prince Hamlet dedicated his most extensive play to Henry the Sixth!
Inviting Shakespeare himself as the main witness, Alexandra Marinina ironically and psychologically convincingly tells the story of the unfortunate king and his eccentric contemporaries. By her light hand, tales of the deep old days turned out to be as captivating as a detective, and as graceful and light as a musical miniature.