Eximius Books presents "Hamlet II, King of Denmark." This play is suggested by the last scene of "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" by William Shakespeare. In the closing scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Claudius, the King, Gertrude, the Queen, and Laertes, son of Polonius, are dead. Hamlet is dying, after being stabbed with a poisoned foil by Laertes. With Hamlet's death, there is no lineal heir to the Danish throne. With his dying breath, Hamlet implores Horatio to:

""Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story." "

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