{"product_id":"hamnet-paperback","title":"Hamnet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - The bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Portrait \u003c\/i\u003edelivers a\u003cb\u003e luminous portrait of a marriage, a family ravaged by grief, and a boy whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays of all time. \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Of all the stories that argue and speculate about Shakespeare's life ... here is a novel ... so gorgeously written that it transports you.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngland, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young Latin tutor--penniless and bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family's land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101529215199,"sku":"9781984898876","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/VmVJaGlEUmVLdEVNejlqV3Y4dVNzdz09.webp?v=1781071666","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/hamnet-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}