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David Orsini's PERILOUS - THE EXTRAORDINARY LIVES OF HAMLET AND HORATIO -THE PLAY portrays the world-famous Hamlet and his brotherly friend Horatio as Viking heroes. Readers and theatergoers will be drawn to Hamlet's and Horatio's courage and to their warrior spirit. They will also approve of the realistic battle scenes, the themes of loyalty and betrayal, the portrayal of women as brave and resilient, and the male bonding that tests courage and allegiance. Readers of this play may also want to enter the adventure of David Orsini's PERILOUS - THE EXTRAORDINARY LIVES OF HAMLET AND HORATIO - THE NOVEL.

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I spent time with Perilous - The Extraordinary Lives of Hamlet and Horatio because the premise isn't a gimmick. David Orsini didn't just ""reimagine Hamlet."" He pulled the story back to its Norse roots and wrote it in the register of saga honor, bloodlines, survival, and public consequence rather than Renaissance introspection. Making Horatio a co-equal warrior and giving him real domestic and political stakes through Ingrid is especially smart. Most retellings never earn that kind of structural rethink. The novel isn't trying to modernize Shakespeare. It's doing something harder: showing what the story of Hamlet looks like before it was filtered through Elizabethan psychology. The ferocity feels intentional, not decorative. A strong book. -Annette Brna / BOOKTOK PORTFOLIO

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David Orsini is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University. His other books include Perilous - The Extraordinary Lives of Hamlet and Horatio - The Novel; The Weaver of Plots; The Price of Happiness; The Reappearing; Schemes, Disguises, and Traps; and The Woman Who Loved Too Well.

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