HAMNET - WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 - INDEPENDANT BOOKSHOP EDITION - LIMITED, SIGNED & NUMBERED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING

O'FARRELL Maggie

ISBN 10: 1472223799 / ISBN 13: 9781472223791

Published by Tinder Press Imprint of Headline Publishing Group, London, 2020

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Signed by Maggie O'Farrell to the Special Letter Page. To the same page the book has been numbered, this book being one out of a Limited Edition of 1500 Copies. Both Book and Dust Jacket are in As New condition. This unread book is guaranteed to be a 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Publishers number 1 confirms that this book is a first printing. The Jacket, which has not been price clipped, is protected by a clear, removable, archival protective covering. The book is professionally wrapped and packed with great care with bubble wrap and placed in a special book box to ensure that the book arrives at your destination in perfect condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HAMNET - WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 - INDEPENDANT BOOKSHOP EDITION - LIMITED, SIGNED & NUMBERED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
• Publisher: Tinder Press Imprint of Headline Publishing Group, London
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472223799
• ISBN 13: 9781472223791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Historical Fiction
  • Exclusive, Limited Or Slipcased Editions

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Synopsis

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION - THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER
FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR - BRITISH BOOK AWARDS
'Richly sensuous... something special' The Sunday Times
'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell

TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.

On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home?

Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that one of the children will not survive the week.

Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright. It is a story of the bond between twins, and of a marriage pushed to the brink by grief. It is also the story of a kestrel and its mistress; flea that boards a ship in Alexandria; and a glovemaker's son who flouts convention in pursuit of the woman he loves. Above all, it is a tender and unforgettable reimagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written.

About the Author

Maggie O'Farrell, FRSOL, is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both Sunday Times no. 1 bestsellers. Her novels include AFTER YOU'D GONE, MY LOVER'S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE and THIS MUST BE THE PLACE., and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT. She is also the author of two books for children, WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO and THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK. She lives in Edinburgh.