Book description
When it seems that Julius Caesar may assume supreme power, a plot to
destroy him is hatched by those determined to preserve the threatened
republic. But the different motives of the conspirators soon become
apparent when high principles clash with malice and political realism.
As the nation plunges into bloody civil war, this taut drama explores
the violent consequences of betrayal and murder.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and
mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.
He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), a
collection of sonnets and a variety of other poems.
Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham
and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Norman Sanders is retired from the position of Professor of
Shakespeare at the University of Tennessee. He has also edited Julius
Caesar in the Penguin Shakespeare series.
