Henry VI, Part 2 or The Second Part of Henry the Sixt (often written as 2 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas 1 Henry VI deals primarily with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, and 3 Henry VI deals with the horrors of that conflict
maui jim sunglasses , 2 Henry VI focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, the death of his trusted advisor Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, the rise of the Duke of York and the unavoidable inevitability of armed conflict. As such, the play culminates with the opening battle of the War, the First Battle of St Albans.