Hamnet

De: Maggie O'Farrell

Narrado por: Ell Potter

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Of all the stories that argue and speculate about Shakespeare’s life ... here is a novel ... so gorgeously written that it transports you." —The Boston Globe

In 1580’s England, during the Black Plague a young Latin tutor falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman in this “exceptional historical novel” (The New Yorker) and best-selling winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.

A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender and unforgettable re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, and whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing, seductive, impossible to put down—a magnificent leap forward from one of our most gifted novelists.

Don’t miss Maggie O’Farrell’s new novel, The Marriage Portrait!

Absolute genius

Easily one of the finest novels of the last twenty-five years. Just one man’s opinion. Well, I’m not in fact a man, I’m a well-known actress posing as a man for the sake of audible reviews, but it’s a figure of… okay, you get the idea. Always, Geoff

Loved this book!

Clever plot, lush descriptions, brilliant narration. Transported me to 16th century England. I recommend Hamnet without reservations.

Hamnet

Loved this book and the reading of it. I could see Stratford in my minds eye and felt that I was “in the time. “. Beautifully read.

Loved Every Word

I loved this book. The writing style is magnificent - Maggie O'Farrell brings you right into the story from page 1. The Bard would have been proud to read this lovely take on his family life. Agnus' beautiful, tragic tale was both lovely and heart warming. Ell Potter is a gorgeous narrator. Well done ✔

Enjoyed the possibilities

Good story, storyline and she is a great story teller. The attention to detail and history is good