New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000 Stated first edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. Signed by John Updike directly on the title page. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with faint shelf wear, else fine.

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Gertrude and Claudius is a novel by John Updike. It uses the known sources of Shakespeare's Hamlet to tell a story that draws on a rather straightforward revenge tale in the medieval Denmark depicted by Saxo Grammaticus in his twelfth-century Historiae Danicae, but incorporates extra plot elements added by François de Belleforest in his Histoires tragiques, published in 1576.

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Bookseller: Idler Fine Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 021204
Title: Gertrude and Claudius
Author: Updike, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0375409084
ISBN 13: 9780375409080
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: Fiction, Literature, Former Recipient of Pulitzer Prize, National Book and National Book Critics Circle Awards. Review Copy.

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