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Hamlet, Revenge!

by Michael Innes · 1937

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At Seamnum Court, seat of the Duke of Horton, The Lord Chancellor of England is murdered at the climax of a private presentation of Hamlet, in which he plays Polonius. Inspector Appleby pursues some of the most famous names in the country, unearthing dreadful suspicion.

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adult
Length
medium · 312 pages

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