William Shakespeare, the real historical person, had two daughters called Susanna and Judith with his wife Anne (or maybe Agnes.) Apparently, he also had a son who died as a child, and the name of that son was Hamnet, which may be considered the same name as "Hamlet."
This novel is about that family.
With a book is subtitled "a novel of the plague," obviously one can't expect a happy story; still it is a very well-written and emotionally affecting novel.
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