Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell Poetry in rock and roll and

in rock and roll and in Bach

Captivated by his beauty and intelligence

“The Secret History succeeds magnificently

“With an emotional pendulum that can swing between pathos and bathos

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell Poetry in rock and roll andTWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART. On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford upon Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that one of the children will not