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Hamnet (ISBN: 9781472223821) Inspired by Shakespeare’s son Hamnet, this imagined story, earthy, otherworldly and emotional, is simply and beautifully glorious.

The author of Hamnet—New York Times best seller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner—brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici as she makes her way in a troubled court. "O’Farrell pulls out little threads of historical As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Paid link #ad

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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.

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Set in Italy in the 1550s and 1560s, The Marriage Portrait is the story of Lucrezia, fifth child of the ruler of Tuscany, who marries the Duke of Ferrera at the age of 15... #books #reading #bookreview #historicalfiction