Download or read book Spy Wars written by Tennent H. Bagley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear's failure as a father engulfs himself and his world in turmoil and tragedy. He changes from king to beggar, and finally, to man, in a pattern of loss and discovery which reflects the archetype of tragic wisdom.