Four tragedies History of other lands reflecting bestselling historian Max Hastings’s

reflecting bestselling historian Max Hastings’s lifetime of studying war

Revised and updated edition

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Four tragedies History of other lands reflecting bestselling historian Max Hastings’sThe theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is a hero's fall from grace due to a fatal character flaw. Whether it is the ruthless ambition of Macbeth or the folly of Lear, the irresolution of Hamlet or the suspicion of Othello, the cause of the tragedy even when it is the murder of a king is trifling compared to the calamity that it unleashes. Despite their flawed natures, however, the tragic protagonists all have a nobility that emphasizes the