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Foolish and bad-tempered, King Lear divides the kingdom between his two wicked daughters, disowns his youngest daughter and banishes his friends. As the kingdom falls apart and Lear's humiliation turns him mad, will he finally realise what he has done?

A dramatic retelling of this famous Shakespearean tragedy.

This book is part of a book series called Shakespeare Stories .

This book has been graded for interest at 6-8 years.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Hachette Children's Group .

Andrew Matthews is a celebrated children's author, who has written over fifty books and has twice been nominated for the Smarties prize. Tony Ross is one of the UK s top illustrators of children s stories. His books are published in twenty-two languages. "