William Shakespeare Hamlet & Macbeth (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate

Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, Hamlet dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called on to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius. Claudius had murdered his own brother, Hamlets father King Hamlet, and subsequently seized the throne, marrying his deceased brothers widow. Hamlet is Shakespeares longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others. The play seems to have been one of Shakespeares most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his mostperformedMacbeth tells the story of a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia, and he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler as he is forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of arrogance, madness, and death. This case laminate collectors edition includes a Victorian inspired dustjacket. | William Shakespeare Hamlet & Macbeth (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate