Hamnet a novel of the plague O'Farrell, Maggie 1972- creator author. text Biographical fiction. Fiction. Print books. nyu 2020 First American edition. monographic eng
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372 pages 25 cm 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 Maggie O'Farrell. "This is A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Fiction Shakespeare, Hamnet 1585-1596 Fiction PR6065.F36 H35 2021 Hamnet O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. (DLC) 2019030391 9781472223821 2019030390 DLC 190807 20260122125614.0 21123410 eng