Hamnet

Hamnet

Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, 2020

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WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION - THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER 2021
'Richly sensuous... something special' The Sunday Times
'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell

TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781472223821
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Imprint: Tinder Press
Pub date:
Edition: Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, 2020
DEWEY: 823.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 372
Weight: 330g
Height: 129mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 37mm