{"product_id":"9780007902293-classics-richard-ii","title":"Richard II","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘Bear you well in this new spring of time,\u003cbr\u003eLest you be cropp'd before you come to prime.’\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eKing Richard II rules England in a wasteful and short-sighted way, spending money unwisely and selecting his counselors foolishly. His manner ostracises him from his people and his country and it’s not long before both commoners and noblemen feel Richard has gone too far.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWhen Richard seizes land that rightfully belongs to his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke retaliates by invading England while Richard is at war in Ireland. More popular with the commoners, Henry is eventually crowned King Henry IV.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eOne of Shakespeare’s ‘history plays’, Richard II explores the notion of the shadow that is cast over a king’s reign if the throne is gained in underhand ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55507497156982,"sku":"9780007902293","price":4.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33919306.jpg?v=1771879491","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780007902293-classics-richard-ii","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}