The Hollow Crown

I used to work in politics. Cohen nails the intrigues, pitfalls, and glories of power that I observed in my past life, made ever more poignant by the analogies to the arcs of the dramatis personae of the Shakespeare-verse.

The politics of the court — that of the scheming Plantagenet lords in the court of the feckless Henry VI — permeate our lives more than we like to admit. But the bard's insights remain timeless — like Virgil guiding Dante, Cohen masterfully leads the reader on making sense the intricacies of power and our collective existence.