On a dark heath, Macbeth stumbles across three witches who can see into
the future. What he hears will change everything. Egged on by his wife,
he decides to kill in order to gain the Scottish crown. How many people
will have to die in Macbeth's pursuit of power? With armies, ghosts and
magic against him, will Macbeth survive in this tale of greed and
betrayal? Getting the crown is one thing - keeping it is quite another.
Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy
development of primary and lower secondary age children while
introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage.
Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the
world's greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic
stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as
a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other
cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the
original versions.