Richard III (The Annotated Shakespeare)

Treacherous, Power-hungry, Untempered By Moral Restraint, And Embittered By Physical Deformity. Richard, The Younger Brother Of King Edward Iv, Is Ablaze With Ambition To Take England's Throne. Richard Iii, Shakespeare's Long Chronicle Of Richard's Machinations To Be King, Is A Tale Of Murder Upon Murder. He Gains The Throne, But Only Briefly. In A Terrible Dream, The Ghosts Of His Victims Visit The Now-despised Monarch To Foretell His Demise. Richard's Death In Battle The Next Day Concludes His Reign Of Evil, Ushering In At Last A New And Hopeful Era Of Peace For England.--book Jacket. Some Essentials Of The Shakespearean Stage -- Richard Iii -- An Essay By Harold Bloom. William Shakespeare ; Edited, Fully Annotated, And Introduced By Burton Raffel ; With An Essay By Harold Bloom. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 201-206) And Index.