Richard II Audiobook (Free)

A KING BECOMES A GUY

Richard II is certainly dangerously away of touch along with his kingdom. He wastes cash, raises taxes to aid his lavish life-style, takes on favorites, and cares even more about his vanity than the common good. When Henry Bolingbroke-father into the future Henry V-challenges Richard for the throne, it’s a battle the ruler can’t win. But in losing his crown he benefits far greater things: his humanity and his spirit.

Shakespeare’s luminous, poetic masterpiece may be the first of four plays that chronicle the House of Lancaster’s rise and the beginning of the Wars of the Roses.