Hamnet

The no. 1 bestseller that inspired the major film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal<BR><BR>WINNER: BEST PICTURE (DRAMA) AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES<BR>WINNER: OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM AND BEST ACTRESS AT THE BAFTAS<BR>NOMINATED FOR EIGHT ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST SCREENPLAY AND BEST PICTURE<BR><BR>'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell <BR>
•<BR><BR>A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.<BR><BR>The untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece.<BR><BR>On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home?<BR><BR>Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London.<BR><BR>Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week.<BR><BR>Hamnet tells the powerful story of Agnes and Will, and of the son whose life has been all but forgotten, but who inspired one of the greatest plays ever written.<BR><BR>
•Fall in love with HAMNET this year
•<BR><BR>'HAMNET is a feast for the senses'<BR><BR>'One of my favourite books of the year. Simply gorgeous'<BR><BR>'Words fail me... this story had me feeling everything'<BR><BR>'I read and reread passages throughout this exceptional novel'