Follow the ultimate character arc, the evolution of a tavern's prince into a shrewd enlarger of the realm, King Henry V, in the Fifth Folio with direct links to the relevant scrolling editions.

Hal is a boy who learns to rule at the feet of Shakespeare's wine-soaked alter ego, Falstaffe.

His death at 35 leaves an enlarged kingdom to the inattention of his son, King Henry VI. Statecraft goes missing as the history plays complete their fateful circle.

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