Hamnet

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Tinder Press
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: First Edition

Description: 372 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A New York Times Notable Book (2020)Best Book of 2020: Guardian, Financial Times, Literary Hub, and NPRDrawing on Maggie OFarrells long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeares most enigmatic play, HAMNET is a luminous portrait of a marriage, at its heart the loss of a beloved child. Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called Hamlet. Award-winning author Maggie OFarrells new novel breathes full-blooded life into the story of a loss usually consigned to literary footnotes, and provides an unforgettable vindication of Agnes, a woman intriguingly absent from history.

ISBN: 9781472223807