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Having just read the Dickens one of these, I thought as I looked for something to take me up to Christmas that I may as well read this next to finish off the little group of this series I’d bought years ago.

Again it worked well, gave the opening line, the major characters, and a high level plot for each play, and an “iconic line” from some of them.

Only a few things let it down: a few typos in the last third or so of the book, Boleyn being spelt incorrectly each time it was printed, and while at the beginning the character descriptions were helpful, telling you how they related to the plot and each other, the more the book went on, the more it just sort of gave you their vibe, without explaining anything useful.

But it’s a good little reference group to get the basic premise of each play!