Hamnet, a novel of the plague, Maggie O'Farrell
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- Hathaway, Anne, 1556?-1623 -- Fiction
- Plague -- England -- 16th century -- Fiction
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Fiction
- Children + Death -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Husband and wife -- Fiction
- Shakespeare, Hamnet, 1585-1596 -- Fiction
- FICTION / Literary
- Grief -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Families -- England -- 16th century -- Fiction
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Hamnet, a novel of the plague, Maggie O'Farrell
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Main title
Hamnet
Oclc number
1112145674
Responsibility statement
Maggie O'Farrell
Sub title
a novel of the plague
Summary
England, 1580. A young Latin tutor-- penniless, bullied by a violent father-- falls in love with an eccentric young woman who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford. She becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast force in the life of her young husband, whose gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when their young son succumbs to bubonic plague. -- adapted from jacket
Target audience
adult
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