{"product_id":"richard-ii-letterpress-shakespeare-limited-edition-folio-society-2035","title":"Richard II (Letterpress shakespeare) - Limited edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard II by William Shakespeare. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper. Quarter bound in blue Nigerian goatskin leather with marbled papers. Oxford University Press commentary volume. 1000 copies. Blue solander box with leather label 38.8x28x7.3cm. Letterpress Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare's Richard II dramatises the downfall of King Richard II and the rise of Henry Bolingbroke, the future Henry IV. Richard's decision to exile Bolingbroke and seize his inheritance contributes to growing opposition to the king and eventually triggers a challenge to his authority. As Richard loses his crown and confronts the collapse of his identity as monarch, Shakespeare explores kingship, legitimacy, rebellion and the nature of political power. The play contains some of Shakespeare's most lyrical writing and forms an important beginning to his sequence of English history plays.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216596910419,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421232415059,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/richard-ii-letterpress-shakespeare-limited-edition-folio-society-2035","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}