Keywords: Hamlets Grave 1856.jpg At one sweep the eye ranges over the town of Elsinore the noble fortress of Kronberg the Sound the town of Heislngborg on the opposite coast and the plains of Sweden Hamlet's grave is marked by a single stone obelisk evidently of very early date; it is surrounded by tables and chairs where citizens from Copenhagen consume beer and coffee and defile with their heeltaps the sepulchre of a king The Illustrated London News 2 February 1856 p 133 immediate source http //www amazon com/Hamlets-Elsinore-Fragments-Friars-Monastery/dp/B00JJJHGWS author 1856 Hamlet Helsingør PD-old-100 |