<p>This book contains several tables of HTML content to make reading easier.<br><br>The protagonist Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, whose great hall, Heorot, is plagued by the monster Grendel. Beowulf kills Grendel with his bare hands and Grendel's mother with a giant's sword that he found in her lair.<br>Later in his life, Beowulf becomes king of the Geats, and finds his realm terrorized by a dragon...