Books published by CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD

The veteran and provocative Shakespeare critic Graham Bradshaw shows why so many critics have been wrong about Shakespeare’s greatest play.

An entertaining and erudite guide to Shakespeare’s great sequence of history plays, culminating in Henry V, and to what the plays tell us about the public and private lives of politicians.

An incisive, entertaining analysis of one of the greatest romantic novels in the English language - one which challenged 19th century stereotypes at every turn.

For all her faults, Jane Austen's Emma is one of literature's most fascinating heroines. She is so clever - and funny - that it is almost impossible, as this short guide shows, not to be won over by her.

Simon Palfrey shows us the passion and the cruelty which lie beneath the surface of Shakespeare’s famous play – and how everything is driven and dominated by the character of Juliet.

In this short guide, Graham Bradshaw explains the secrets in and behind one of the greatest short novels of all time.