![]() “an authentic and powerful entry point into the original play.” “an adaptation both respectful and daring.” Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books starred review “a must-have companion to Shakespeare’s original.” “an essential addition to Shakespeare collections” ![]() “Stellar… you can almost feel the damp chill of the Scottish Highlands in the silvery-green palette, and as the murdered corpses pile up, the warm oranges of the candlelit castle interiors inevitably tinge toward the blood-red at the center of the story” - The New York Times Review of Books But “blood will have blood,” and when others grow suspicious of his sudden rise to power, is Macbeth prepared to commit more murders to keep the crown?”Ģ015, Candlewick Press 2015, 144 pp., full color – ORDER A SIGNED COPYįor more samples, see Amazon’s “Look Inside” At the urging of his wife, he resolves to take the throne by the most direct path: a dagger in the heart of King Duncan. An evil seed takes root in the mind of Macbeth, a general in the king’s army, when three witches tell him he will one day be king. “Set against the moody backdrop of eleventh-century Scotland, Gareth Hinds’s captivating, richly illustrated interpretation takes readers into the claustrophobic mind of a man driven mad by ambition. ![]()
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