TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER.<\/p>\n
A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.<\/p>\n
On a summer’s day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home?<\/p>\n
Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs.<\/p>\n
Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that one of the children will not survive the week.<\/p>\n
Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright. It is a story of the bond between twins, and of a marriage pushed to the brink by grief.<\/p>\n
It is also the story of a kestrel and its mistress; flea that boards a ship in Alexandria; and a glove-maker’s son who flouts convention in pursuit of the woman he loves. Above all, it is a tender and unforgettable reimagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written.<\/p>\n
WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION – THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
\nSHORTLISTED AN POST BOOK AWARDS IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR
\n‘Richly sensuous… something special’ The Sunday Times
\n‘A thing of shimmering wonder’ David Mitchell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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