Download or read book Hamlet and the Scottish Succession written by Lilian Winstanley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1921 volume attempts to view Hamlet in the light of contemporary history, pointing out possible links between the action of the play and the surrounding context of its creation. A fascinating and controversial study that will be of value to anyone interested in Shakespeare, Elizabethan and Jacobean history.