A character in this novel is repeatedly described as baring his chest, which he had first and most famously done in a fight against Koll.
A character in this novel is repeatedly described as baring his chest, which he had first and most famously done in a fight against Koll. Another of its characters is a Calabrian servant named Sandro, who has an affair with the handmaid Herda. One of this novel's main characters is given a hawk named Bathsheba by a man who then leaves to become a part of the Varangian Guard. This novel opens with Rorik trying to persuade his daughter to accept marriage to (*) Horwendil the Jute. In its final section, the Lord Chamberlain Corambis and Fengon both Latinize their names. This novel is divided into three parts which use different character names, taken in order from Saxo Grammaticus, Francois de Belleforest, and Shakespeare. For 10 points, name this 2000 novel that ends with Hamlet's return to Elsinore, a prequel written by John Updike.
A character in this novel is repeatedly described as baring his chest, which he had first and most famously done in a fight against Koll.
{Gertrude and Claudius}