Hamnet - Maggie OFarrell
Category: Bestsellers
Narrator: Unknown
Tags: Bestsellers, Historical Fiction, Literature
Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2020) Drawing 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., A New York Times Notable Book (2020), Best Book of 2020: Guardian, Financial Times, Literary Hub, and NPR.
