One of our greatest living novelists resurrects the short life of Hamnet Shakespeare, in a lyrically written and emotionally devastating account of the Bard’s only son.
The no. 1 bestseller that inspired the major film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal.
A love that draws them together. A loss that threatens to tear them apart.
The untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece.
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 tells the powerful story of Agnes and Will, and of the son whose life has been all but forgotten, but who inspired one of the greatest plays ever written.
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Stunning. The writing is exquisite, immersive and compelling... deserves to win prizes
The story of Hamnet Shakespeare has been waiting in the shadows for over four hundred years. Maggie O'Farrell brings it dazzlingly, devastatingly, into the light
Grief and loss so finely written I could hardly bear to read it
Heartstopping. Hamnet does for the Shakespeare story what Jean Rhys did for Jane Eyre, inhabiting, enlarging and enriching it in ways that will alter the reader's view for ever
Blisteringly brilliant... You'll lap up this intricately told story of grief, love and the bond between twins - Cosmopolitan
[A] rich imagining of the lives of Shakespeare's family enchants... O'Farrell's remarkable novel bursts with life - Sunday Telegraph
A beautiful read. A devastating one. Intricate, and breathtakingly imaginative - Rachel Joyce
A bold undertaking. Beautifully imagined and written - Claire Tomalin
Richly sensuous...something special - Sunday Times
The novel of her career... everyone I know who has managed to get hold of a copy is absolutely in love with it - Observer
A staggeringly beautiful and unbearably poignant novel. O'Farrell is one of the most surprisingly quiet radicals in fiction - Scotsman
Hamnet : Read the bestselling book before you see the award winning film
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One of our greatest living novelists resurrects the short life of Hamnet Shakespeare, in a lyrically written and emotionally devastating account of the Bard’s only son. The no. 1 bestseller that inspired the major film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal.
Set in 1596, Hamnet follows the tragic week when young Hamnet falls ill while his mother, Agnes, tends her herb garden and his father works in London, unaware that their son will not survive. The novel paints an intimate portrait of a family struck by sudden loss and the quiet, devastating ripple it sends through their lives.
The story unfolds as a deeply human exploration of Agnes and Will’s marriage, their grief and the child whose death would later inspire one of Shakespeare’s greatest works, offering a moving reimagining of the love and loss behind Hamlet.
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- Author: Maggie O'Farrell
- Language: Angļu valoda
- Year of publication: 2025
- Manufacturer: Headline Publishing Group
- Cover type: Soft cover
- Number of pages: 384
- product.Svars: 0.266 kg
- ISBN code: 9781035431335
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