Found 137 results for "Kings and rulers as authors"
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
1.1 King Lear, intending to divide his power and kingdom among his three daughters, demands public professions of their ...
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
"CAMELOT-CAMELOT," said I to myself.
The Return of the King
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Pippin looked out from the shelter of Gandalf's cloak.
Plays (36)
by William Shakespeare
Late in 1621 or early in 1622 two men brought to the son of a somewhat disreputable printer an idea that was to change t...
King Henry V
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare wrote the draft of Henry V that became the First Folio text in the early summer of 1599.
Le Morte d'Arthur
by Thomas Malory
KING VORTIGERN the usurper sat upon his throne in London, when, suddenly, upon a certain day, ran in a breathless messen...
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Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]
by William Shakespeare
THIS play, indisputably one of the earliest complete productions of Shakespeare's mind, was first printed in the folio o...
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth was first produced at a time of radical theatrical change in England.
Henry IV, Part 1
by William Shakespeare
This edition of Henry IV Part I is part of the Cambridge School Shakespeare series.
Bible
by Bible
Genesis appropriately stands as the first book of the OT and serves as an essential introduction to the whole Bible.
Richard III
by William Shakespeare
1.1 Richard, alone onstage, reveals his intention to play the villain.
Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
If you shall chance (Camillo) to visit Bohemia, on the like occasion whereon my services are now on-foot, you shall see ...
कामसूत्र
by Vatsyāyana
IT may be interesting to some persons to learn how it came about that Vatsyayana was first brought to light and translat...
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
[Enter two Sentinels first, Francisco, who paces up and down at his post; then Bernardo, who approaches him.]
Lives
by Plutarch
IT is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidenc...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
"It seems I am too much of an American," said Franklin sadly to an English friend.
Henry IV, Part 2
by William Shakespeare
Open your ears, for which of you will stop The vent of hearing when loud Rumor speaks?
King John
by William Shakespeare
1.1 [Flourish.] Enter King John, Queen Eleanor, the Earls of Pembroke, Essex, and Salisbury, with Chatillon, the French ...
