Hamnet (novel)

Hamnet
First edition
AuthorMaggie O'Farrell
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical fiction
Published31 March 2020
PublisherTinder Press
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages384
AwardsWomen's Prize (2020),
National Book Critics (2020)
ISBN978-1472223791
(1st ed. UK Hardcover)
OCLC1104658967
823/.914
LC ClassPR6065.F36 H35 2020

Hamnet is a 2020 historical fiction novel by Maggie O'Farrell. It is a fictional account of William Shakespeare and Agnes Hathaway's son, Hamnet, who died at the age of eleven in 1596, and focuses on his parents' grief. In Canada, the novel was published under the title Hamnet & Judith.