Pseudonymous, Part Five

[a_t_rain]

In which some plot threads finally start to converge. Parts 1-4 are here.

Author’s Notes: I have used names or spellings from the First Quarto of Hamlet or from Saxo Grammaticus for most of the characters in The Tragedy of Amleth as I wanted to differentiate them from the canonical Hamlet characters. (In any case, I suspect that even Hamlet

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[persephone_kore]

This is not the only thing I like -- that would be everything really -- but this bit:

Several of them spoke Latin, although they had learned it at grammar-school, so their conversation was rather full of poetry. Thomas, for his part, spoke some English, although he had learned it from his friend Master Bacon, so his conversation was rather full of science.

--reminded me delightfully of Mariana asking the Englishman if there were many giants in his country.

[a_t_rain]

Heh. Apparently I recycle my jokes a lot :)

[phantomcranefly]

This is great! I love it!

[a_t_rain]

Thanks!

[catkind]

Now how have i missed the first four parts of this? Just read all the way through and loving it. Kind of moebius casting. I love the intelligence and black humour of your Hamlet.

[a_t_rain]

Thanks!