Richard III

Shakespeare Stories #17

by Andrew Matthews, Tony Ross (Illustrator)

A simplified version of William Shakespeare's 'Richard III'.
With notes on: Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre
Villainy in Richard III

Genres: Classics, Shakespeare, Childrens, Fiction, Middle Grade, Chapter Books

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Andrew Matthews was born in South Glamorgan in 1948. Andrew taught English in Hampshire after which he became a full-time writer. He lives in Reading with his wife and their cats. Andrew's work has been widely translated and he has made numerous appearances at schools and libraries throughout the UK.


Source: United Agents.

Reviews

[Julia Headley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Shakespeare can be a bit gruesome.

[Lorena saraniero · Rating 2 out of 5]

irgendwie war da absolut gar keine spannung

[zozo · Rating 5 out of 5]

favourite guy ever

[Completely Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review in Wrap Up Vlog
https://youtu.be/FX_nttuMKC0

[Bridget · Rating 3 out of 5]

lots of murder!

[Abigail Yarwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Shakespeare and this series of books is awesome. It tells the story in a way that is easy to understand and without all the tricky old fashioned language.
Richard III is one of the plays that I didn't know much about. It is full of murder and he is not very nice but it is still a good story.

[سبا خطیبی · Rating 5 out of 5]

از داستان‌های شکسپیر برای نوجوانان.
جالبه که سوگیری‌های مختلفی درمورد ریچارد سوم وجود داره؛ یا سفید مطلق نشونش دادن یا سیاه مطلق. قبلا سریالی دیدم درمورد ریچارد سوم که باعث شد توی ذهنم شخصیت خوب و مظلومی باشه و این قصه کاملا متضاد بود. کلا بامزه بود‌. در آینده‌‌های دور، برای بچه‌هایم خواهم خوندش.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Richard III, by Andrew Matthews, is another Shakespearian novelisation and subsequent translation (from gobbledegook English to Modern English)with incongruously grim illustrations from Tony Ross. Again, I can't understand Shakespeare, so kids' adaptions are always welcome in my home. It has creepy undertones of villainy, death, and self-destruction, which always seems to be lurking in a William Shakespeare play. Richard III was a real king, yes, and he did have nephews, but don't take any of this discourteous villainy to heart; it's amazingly, so historically inaccurate!

[MAK KA · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was talk about a Duke called Richard, he want to be the king very much. And he tried to kill the king and he will be the king. Finally he succeed but he got killed later by his follower. i think this story was quite bloody and the name of all the characters were confuse me a lot.moreover this plot of this story was quite exciting.

[Luna fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book written in first person but that dude is a maniac he literally killed his nephews NEPHEWS they were both 12 and 10 and they did it without a single drop of blood so they suffocated them with a pillow A PILLOW all because he wanted the crown!

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars, maybe....
I want to read more Shakespeare's but didn't know where to start so I bought the kids versions of his works. They are easy to understand and have some nice illustrations to look at, plus the covers are in my opinion so cute. Though I cannot decide if I liked Richard III or not, I may have read the original and find out then.

[Carrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I do like these renditions of Shakespeare, this is just one of my least favourite ones. But I still swear by these especially for educational purposes! ✨

The villain in this story certainly was evil to the core! I loved how this story was told from within the grave 👏 and the beginning and end made us focus on that.

[Wilde Sky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ambition leads a man to plot against those around him, but things don't end well.

A good story, the illustrations were reasonable.

Reading time around 45 minutes (abridged version in modern English).

[Liselotte · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story itself was really boring, however this book does exactly what I want it to do, introduce me to Shakespeare in a approachable way!! I highly recommend this series, but I just didn't like this one :)

[Esha · Rating 2 out of 5]

The illustrations helped to bring the story to life. I do wish Andrew Matthews had gone into a bit more detail, as he does gloss over a lot, but for a quick overview of Richard III by Shakespeare it is a pretty decent.

[MiR · Rating 3 out of 5]

"و از این رو؛ چون نمی توانم عشق بورزم
تا در ایام خوبی و خوشی سرگرم شوم، اراده کرده ام تا شرارت نمایم" ریچارد گفت
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خارج از داستانش ، شخصیت ریچارد سوم حیرت زدم کرد
جنون و تفکر قاتلی که در ذهنش نفوذ کرده بود و بخشی از اون شده بود واقعا میخکوب کننده بود
تنها ضعف این اثر اینه خیلی خلاصه میکنه.

[Thảo Ngân · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast read for an adult with reading slump like me. It would be a great start for children to learn about Shakespeare’s Richard III. The vibe is a little bit amusing with the way Richard describes himself as a villany character.

[becca ☆彡 · Rating 5 out of 5]

wtf this is so funny

[Leanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

'' a horse, a horse my kingdom for a horse''

[Nikki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable Shakespeare read showing the dark ambition of Richard III.

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun little book.

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't know the story before reading this-good as a grown up but again not sure my boys will ever quite understand it or enjoy the way its written

[Anna-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Currently learning about The Tudors and thought I’d read this overview for a quick summary.

[Mohammad Malik · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this book Richard III talks about his life and how he lived to being a king.

[Flora Hillage · Rating 3 out of 5]

If u love murder read this

[heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!

[Callum · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's good I like the story-line. But I didn't like the way its tolled in the past but correct me if it is in fact tolled in the past tense in the actual novel.

[Carole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like all the books in this series very enjoyable and makes you want to read or watch the real one.
My eight year old son and my ten year old daughter are enjoying these very much.

[Tisha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well-done version of the Shakespeare classic in a form that middle schoolers/advanced elementary readers can enjoy. I enjoyed it myself.

[Russ · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best of the series. My eight-year-old daughter loved the intrigue and Richard's dark humor.