Hamnet : a novel of the plague / Maggie O'Farrell.
"A thrilling departure: a short, piercing, deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare's 11 year old son Hamnet--a name interchangeable with Hamlet in 15th century Britain--and the years leading up to the production of his great play. England, 1580. A young Latin tutor--penniless, bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman--a wild creature 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 once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when his beloved young son succumbs to bubonic plague. A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a hypnotic recreation of the story that inspired one of the greatest masterpieces of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing, seductive, impossible to put down--a magnificent departure from one of our most gifted novelists"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525657606
- ISBN: 0525657606
- ISBN: 9781984898876
- ISBN: 1984898876
- Physical Description: 305 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
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General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
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Subject: | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Fiction. Shakespeare, Hamnet, 1585-1596 > Fiction. Dramatists > Fiction. Families > Fiction. |
Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 30 of 32 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Crawford County. (Show)
Holds
- 3 current holds with 32 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Crawford County Library-Recklein Memorial-Cuba | F OFA (Text) | 33431000471043 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Camdenton | FIC O'FARRELL (Text) | 31320003763229 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Carthage Public Library | FIC O'Farrell, Maggie (Text) | 34MO2001812529 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Caruthersville Public Library | F OFA (Text) | 38417100527425 | Fiction | Available | - |
Cedar County - Stockton | FIC OFA HIST.FIC. (Text) | 3482700990173 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
James Memorial Public Library | AF OFA (Text) | 37211000977702 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Northwest | F OFARRELL Maggie (Text) | 30051000310737 | Fiction | Available | - |
Lebanon-Laclede County Library | F O'Farrell (Text) | 3803711479 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | F O'FARRELL (Text) | 2004487208 | Adult Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | F O'FARRELL (Text) | 2004571543 | New Adult Fiction Shelves | Available | - |