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Maggie O'Farrell: Hamnet

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Long time no books! I’m here to share one of my recent reads, which shall sit on the throne above everything I have read this year so far. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell . In case you're not familiar with the title name (where have you been?), Hamnet, twin brother of Judith, was the son of William Shakespeare. A child that died of plague, supposedly, and as we all learned in literature classes the grief over that loss is reflected in a certain well known play of a similar name. This book is a fictionalised account of the events surrounding this tragedy hitting the family. Upon recommendations by booktubers Jen and Lauren , I couldn't resist buying it, as soon as I came across a copy. Also, it is SO PRETTY I MEAN LOOK AT IT!!! Dlouho nebyly žádné knihy! Jsem tu, abych se podělila o jednu z nedávno dočtených knížek, která usedá na trůn nade vše, co jsem zatím letos přečetla. Hamnet od Maggie O’Farrellové . Pro případ, že vám jméno v názvu nic neříká (kde jste byli?), Ham