King Henry IV
1592 • 210 pages

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Tl;dr

-Henry is just a kid, he can't make his own decisions, so he relies on his uncles Gloucester and Winchester to guide him.
-Joan Pucelle (Arc) is a witch, but not really, kinda unclear. She has familiars/spirits she can call on...it's all very strange.
-Talbot, the undefeatable warlord, basically runs the show; his death is the most tragic thing in the play.
-Meanwhile, Plantagenet (York) and Somerset (Lancaster) duke it out for the right of succession. The famed “war of the roses” is the backdrop for Henry VI and Charles le Dauphin's fights.

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