Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet reimagines the life of Shakespeare’s family, centring on the quiet domestic world that sits behind one of literature’s most famous names. The novel traces the events surrounding the death of Hamnet, Shakespeare’s young son, and the echoes of...

Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet reimagines the life of Shakespeare’s family, centring on the quiet domestic world that sits behind one of literature’s most famous names. The novel traces the events surrounding the death of Hamnet, Shakespeare’s young son, and the echoes of...