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Hamnet: Winner Of The Women's Prize For Fiction 2020 The No. 1 Bestseller
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 Local Description'A beautifully written, illuminating novel about Agnes, the wise, clever woman who saw potential in the young William Shakespeare, and was the mother of his three children, including a beautiful boy called Hamnet. Deeply moving.' – Bookgrove staff review DescriptionOn 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. AwardsWinner - Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 |
