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Hamnet ; a novel of the plague / Maggie O'Farrell

By:

O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2020Description: 305 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780525657606

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Historical fiction

DDC classification:

FIC OFA

Summary: England, 1580. A young Latin tutor - penniless, bullied by a violent father - falls in love with an eccentric young woman who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford. She becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast force in the life of her young husband, whose gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when their young son succumbs to bubonic plague.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC OFA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		001680

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England, 1580. A young Latin tutor - penniless, bullied by a violent father - falls in love with an eccentric young woman who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford. She becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast force in the life of her young husband, whose gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when their young son succumbs to bubonic plague.

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