Henry Fourth and Henry the fifth of Shakespeare's fifth. Marinina A.

He dreamed of changing history with victories and conquests, but changed it with his death. The young Prince Henry leads an dissimilar lifestyle with a merry -frails Falstaf and other friends. But here is his father, Henry Fourth, dies. And the new king, Henry Fifth, unexpectedly for many grasps the power tightly.

He believes: God and England are expected from him to conquer France, and at the same time - the hands and hearts of the French Princess Catherine, the daughter of the crazy king... “If you consider vice - to desire without a measure of glory, then I swear, I am the worst sinner!” Alexander Marinin offers a fascinating historical investigation, why rulers are triumphant on the battlefields, but lose their own demons. The main witness and expert is the brilliant William Shakespeare.