Reviewing ‘Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague’ by Maggie O’Farrell

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in 1564. He got married at age 18 to Anne Hathaway (Agnes) and they had 3 children. Their only son, Hamnet, died at age 11. These facts about Shakespeare are what Maggie O’Farrell used as the basis to create her best selling historical novel “Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague.”