The plot follows the courtship of Agnes and her husband and the week in 1596 when the bubonic plague affects their home.
: Hamnet's twin sister, Judith, first becomes ill. Hamnet later dies from the fever at age 11. Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell.epub
: Check availability through the Open Library . Maggie O'Farrell on 'Hamnet' The plot follows the courtship of Agnes and
Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet is a luminous reimagining of the life and death of William Shakespeare’s only son, Hamnet Shakespeare , and the profound grief that likely inspired one of literature's greatest tragedies, Hamlet . " "the husband
The novel focuses on Agnes, the wife of William Shakespeare. He is referred to as "the father," "the husband," or "the Latin tutor".