WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE NO 1 BESTSELLER 2021< span>
Richly sensuous something special  < span>The Sunday Times< span>
A thing of shimmering wonder David Mitchell< span>< p>

TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART < span>< p>

On a summer s day in 1596 a young girl in Stratford upon Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever Her twin brother Hamnet searches everywhere for help Why is nobody at home?< p>

Their mother Agnes is over a mile away in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs Their father is working in London < p>

Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week < p>

Hamnet< span> is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright: a boy whose life has been all but forgotten but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written < p>