| Descript |
372 pages 24 cm |
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First published in US by Alfred A. Knopf, 2020 |
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Drawing on Maggie O'Farrell's long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, HAMNET is a luminous portrait of a marriage, at its heart the loss of a beloved child. Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called Hamlet. Award-winning author Maggie O'Farrell's new novel breathes full-blooded life into the story of a loss usually consigned to literary footnotes, and provides vindication of Agnes, a woman intriguingly absent from history |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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1500-talet
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Äktenskap
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Tvillingar
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Döda barn
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Romaner
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Historiska skildringar
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| Classmark |
823/.914
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He.01
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781472223807 paperback |
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