William Shakespeare Complete Works the Histories: Based on the First Folio of John Heminges and Henry Condell

A long awaited addition to Flame Tree's stunning hardcover collector's series, one of three stunning volumes of Shakespeare's Complete Works.

Based also on the new proofread and copy edited text of bestselling 2011 Flame Tree Illustrated Shakespeare, The Histories, also including the sonnets and poetry, sits alongside The Comedies and The Tragedies to create a delightful three-set edition, with the works laid out in all their glory: clear, accessible and unfettered by fussy notes. The perfect match for The Decameron, The Divine Comedy and Don Quixote in Flame Tree's series of classic and epic tales, Shakespeare's Complete Works is one of the masterpieces of literature, a must for every home, a wonderful read to enjoy and reminisce, and a treasure-house of cultural knowledge, highlighting every aspect of humankind.

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Dr Jennie Votava (Foreword) is an Associate Professor of English at Allegheny College. She received her AB in English and MD from Harvard University in 1997 and 2001, respectively, and her PhD from New York University in 2012. Her book Shakespeare's Histories on Screen: Adaptation, Race, and Intersectionality was published by Arden in 2023. She has also published essays in Renaissance Drama, Shakespeare Survey, and Shakespeare Bulletin, as well as in the edited collections Contagion and the Shakespearean Stage (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and Shakespeare, Race, and Anglophone Popular Culture (Bloomsbury, under contract).