Titus Andronicus

Titus Andronicus
ISBN: 9780141396323
Publication Date: 18 November 2015

'Hark, villains, I will grind your bones to dust, And with your blood and it I'll make a paste' An embittered Roman general returns from war, having captured the Queen of the Goths and her three sons. Sacrificing the eldest, in memory of his own sons killed in battle, he provokes the queen's unending hatred. And when she gains power by her marriage to the new emperor of Rome, she quickly begins to plot a murderous revenge of barely conceivable cruelty, in Shakespeare's first and most savagely bloody tragedy.

About the Author

William Shakespeare was born in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Jacques Berthoud was Professor of English at the University of York. Sonia Massai is a Lecturer at King's College London.