King John by William Shakespeare
"King John" by William Shakespeare is a history play written in the mid-1590s about the turbulent reign of England's King John. When France demands John surrender his throne to his nephew Arthur, conflicting claims of legitimacy ignite warfare, political intrigue, and shifting alliances. As nobles defect, the Pope excommunicates the king, and foreign armies invade, John faces enemies on all sides. Shakespeare weaves together questions of rightful succession, religious authority, and loyalty
in this chronicle of a monarch besieged by both external threats and internal betrayal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read or download for free
| How to read | Url | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read now! | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2249.html.images | 177 kB | |||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2249.epub3.images | 284 kB | |||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2249.epub.images | 286 kB | |||
| JPEG Picture | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2249/cover.jpg | 253 kB | |||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2249.epub.noimages | 183 kB | |||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2249.kf8.images | 550 kB | |||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2249.kindle.images | 533 kB | |||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2249.txt.utf-8 | 142 kB | |||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2249/pg2249-h.zip | 315 kB | |||
| There may be more files related to this item. | |||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
|---|---|
| Title | King John |
| Note | There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #100 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_John_(play) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | John, King of England, 1167-1216 -- Drama |
| Subject | Great Britain -- History -- John, 1199-1216 -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 2249 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2000 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 290 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |