Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel

A.J. Hartley · David Hewson

Sep 2014 · A.J. Hartley and David Hewson

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An electrifying modern language reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic tale of vengeance - the much-requested text of the international bestselling audiobook voiced by Richard Armitage.

 It is a tale of ghosts, of madness, of revenge - of old alliances giving way to new intrigues. Denmark is changing, shaking off its medieval past. War with Norway is on the horizon. And Hamlet - son of the old king, nephew of the new - becomes increasingly entangled in a web of deception - and murder.

Struggling to find his place in this strange new order Hamlet tries to rekindle his relationship with Ophelia - the daughter of Elsinore’s cunning spy master, a man with plots of his own. Hamlet turns for advice and support to the one person he can trust -- Young Yorick, the slippery, unruly jester, whose father helped Hamlet through a difficult childhood. And all the while the armed forces of Fortinbras, prince of Norway, start to assemble, threatening to bring down Elsinore forever.

 

Ratings and reviews

I enjoyed this but couldn't help but compare it to Macbeth. I loved their Macbeth. This was good, that was great. If I'd been able to read without the comparison this may have gotten a five.

I thought this was fabulous. It is very well written and I can't say enough about the narration, it was incredibly good.

Authors Hartley and Hewson wrote this novel to be inclusive of the ancient tales of a Denmark prince, which were around well before Shakespeare's time. However, they used the bones and sinews of the ...

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