The History of the Kings of Britain Shakespeare studies & criticism

The History of the Kings of Britain Shakespeare studies & criticismGeoffrey of Monmouth's history or legend of the earliest kings of Britain Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britain traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi legendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin the magician and the most famous of all British heroes, King Arthur, it is as much myth as it is history and

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