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O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972-

Hamnet / Maggie O'Farrell. - 372 pages ; 20 cm.

Originally published: 2020.

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On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week. Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright: a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written.

ISBN: 1472223829 9781472223821

Subjects--Personal Names:
Shakespeare, Hamnet, 1585-1596 --Fiction.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Family--Fiction.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet --Fiction.
Shakespeare, Hamnet, 1585-1596.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Hamlet (Shakespeare, William)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Families--Fiction
Playwriting--Fiction
Families
Playwriting

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Stratford-upon-Avon (England)--History--16th century--Fiction.
England--Stratford-upon-Avon.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.

LC Class. No.: PR6065.F36 / H35 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92