A review by directorpurry
Henry VI Part 3 by William Shakespeare

4.0

And, gallant Warwick, do but answer this: / What is the body when the head is off?

I'm not going to lie, this one slaps. A real banger.

I read 1 and 2 Henry VI in summer 2020 and found myself really burned out, so I put this 3 Henry VI aside for a later date, not knowing I was sleeping on a masterpiece.
We have the horrors of war, staged powerfully in the 1500s, back-stabbings, front-stabbings, political intrigue, and lots and lots and lots of my man Richard III. What's not to like?

Shakespeare was sometimes too good at writing villains, because if I had been living in Elizabethan England, I probably would have been executed for treason over how much I love the House of York. I'm not normally a villain girl, but man, I cannot get over Richard III.