Don Carlos: A Play by Friedrich Schiller

"Don Carlos: A Play" by Friedrich Schiller is a historical tragedy written between 1783 and 1787. Set during the reign of King Philip II of Spain, the play follows Prince Carlos as he struggles with forbidden love for his stepmother and growing political ideals about freedom. When his childhood friend, the Marquis of Posa, returns advocating for liberty in the Protestant Netherlands, Carlos becomes entangled in dangerous court intrigue involving betrayal, paranoia, and conflicting loyalties that threaten his very life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805
Translator Boylan, R. Dillon (Richard Dillon), 1805?-1888
Title Don Carlos: A Play
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Carlos_(play)
Credits Produced by Tapio Riikonen and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 85.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Carlos, Prince of Asturias, 1545-1568 -- Drama
Category Text
eBook-No. 6789
Release Date
Last Update Dec 30, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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