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This newly revised fictional re-writing of the Hamlet story is set in a time somewhere between the Scandinavian Dark Ages - out of which the original tale of Hamlet came - and the Renaissance society of Shakespeare''s play.


Graham Holderness''s novel provides both a prequel and a sequel to Shakespeare''s Hamlet: beginning with the great duel fought between his father King Amled and Fortinbras'' father Prince Fortenbrasse; and continuing after Hamlet''s death to tell both his story, and that of his invented son.


In the light of this re-imagined history, the conflicts and alliances between ancient Viking chivalry, Renaissance realpolitik and Christian forgiveness are dramatically explored.


The Prince of Denmark: Hamlet and the Vikings

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      Publisher: Edward Everett Root Publishers Co. Ltd.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/03/2021
      ISBN13: 9781913087067, 978-1913087067
      ISBN10: 1913087069

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This newly revised fictional re-writing of the Hamlet story is set in a time somewhere between the Scandinavian Dark Ages - out of which the original tale of Hamlet came - and the Renaissance society of Shakespeare''s play.


      Graham Holderness''s novel provides both a prequel and a sequel to Shakespeare''s Hamlet: beginning with the great duel fought between his father King Amled and Fortinbras'' father Prince Fortenbrasse; and continuing after Hamlet''s death to tell both his story, and that of his invented son.


      In the light of this re-imagined history, the conflicts and alliances between ancient Viking chivalry, Renaissance realpolitik and Christian forgiveness are dramatically explored.


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