212 pages
English language
Published Dec. 8, 2001 by Ballantine Books.
Gertrude and Claudius
by John Updike
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Set before the action begins in Shakespeare's Hamlet, this speculative novel follows the lives of Gertrude and Claudius, King and Queen of Denmark, as they wend their way towards adultery and treachery to ascend the throne.
Subjects
- Kings and rulers
- Historical fiction
- Queens
- Hamlet (Legendary character)
- History
- Remarried people
- Fiction
Places
- Denmark