Lookout: Who are you, strangers? Beowulf: My friend, we are Geats and we come in peace. I am Beowulf and I wish to speak with Hrothgar, your king. Lookout: If you are truly the famous Beowulf then ...

Described by historian and broadcaster Michael Wood as "being at the very root of English ... points out, Beowulf lends itself readily to modern interpretations. "You can read the poem as coding ...