The story of Hamlet, and his anguish following the murder of his father, is
beautifully retold by Martin Waddell with stunning colour and black and
white illustrations by Alan Marks.
This book is part of a book series called Shakespeare Retold .
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Hachette Children's Group .
Martin Waddell is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest living writers of books for children. He has won many awards for his work, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2004. Rene Weis is Professor of English at University College London and a distinguished editor and biographer of Shakespeare. Alan Marks is widely published and has illustrated many books. He is also a 'Smarties Prize' prize winner.
This book contains the following story:
Hamlet
One dark night, Hamlet, prince of Denmark, sees a ghost. It is his dead father, who claims he was murdered by Claudius, the new king. But did Hamlet really see a ghost, or did he just imagine it? And if he did see a ghost, was it telling him the truth? Hamlet plans to avenge his father by killing Claudius. But the man he stabs isn't Claudius, as he thinks, but his girlfriend's father. So the wrong man dies. So much tragedy, but there is more to come as Hamlet's apparent insanity soon begins to wreak havoc on innocent and guilty alike.
