William Shakespeare — The Two Noble Kinsmen

Courier Dover Publications 2015 Paperback, 108pp. "The king of Thebes is a tyrant but his young relatives, Palamon and Arcite, defend him anyway. The two noble kinsmen find their loyalty rewarded with imprisonment when they end up on the losing side of a battle with the great hero, Theseus of Athens. From the window of their jail they observe Emilia, the sister-in-law of their conqueror, whose stunning beauty shatters their vow of eternal brotherhood. Now the former friends must find a way to evade their captors and pursue the alluring princess, an undertaking that will conclude with a fight to the death. First published in 1634, this Jacobean tragicomedy features a plot derived from "The Knight\'s Tale" in Chaucer\'s Canterbury Tales. Notes on first page.", (ISBN: 9780486797007). Good.