Hamnet : a novel of the plague /
O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972-
Hamnet : a novel of the plague / Maggie O'Farrell. - First American edition. - 2020. - 372 pages 25 cm
"This is A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
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
9781472223821
2019030390
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Fiction.
Shakespeare, Hamnet, 1585-1596 --Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
Print books.
PR6065.F36 / H35 2021
Hamnet : a novel of the plague / Maggie O'Farrell. - First American edition. - 2020. - 372 pages 25 cm
"This is A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
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
9781472223821
2019030390
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Fiction.
Shakespeare, Hamnet, 1585-1596 --Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
Print books.
PR6065.F36 / H35 2021