Demetrius: A Play by Friedrich Schiller

"Demetrius: A Play by Friedrich Schiller" is an unfinished drama written between 1804 and 1805. The play follows Demetrius, who claims to be the lost son of Ivan the Terrible and rightful Russian czar. With Polish support, he battles to overthrow Boris Godunov and seize the throne. His impressive conviction wins allies, including his fiancée Marina and the czar's widow. But a devastating revelation awaits—one that will challenge everything he believes about his identity and legitimacy as ruler. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805
Title Demetrius: A Play
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demetrius_(play)
Credits Produced by Tapio Riikonen and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Drama
Category Text
eBook-No. 6790
Release Date
Last Update Dec 30, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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