A year ago, our wonderful local bookseller gave a book talk, and this was one of the many books he highly recommended. I guess I assumed that it was story taken from Hamlet so it appealed to the English major in me but I didn't rush out to buy it. However, I was wrong.
This is the story of Shakespeare's wife, Anne (also known as Agnes) and his family. William is a part of the book but a minor character and his name is never mentioned. He is simply known as Agnes' husband or Judith's father. Hamnet (or Hamlet) is Anne and William's son.
This book is beautifully written. Entire chapters could be pulled from the book and read independently and they are marvelous. I highly recommend this one. Really. It's great. - June
Update several months later - I had to reread this book so that I could lead the discussion at the book club meeting. And I admit that I liked it even more reading it the second time! Excellent book.
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