# Gertrude and Claudius

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- Book: [Gertrude And Claudius](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/gertrude-and-claudius) ([Gertrude And Claudius.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/gertrude-and-claudius.md))
- Authors: [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Publisher: random_house_trade_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-04-4900-697-9
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2001-07-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Gertrude and Claudius are the “villains” of Hamlet: he the killer of Hamlet’s father and usurper of the Danish throne; she his lusty consort, who marries Claudius before her late husband’s...