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Printed in black and green throughout
Blocked slipcase
Two part-title decorations
Illustrated drop caps
A literary masterwork, this is a story of love, sacrifice and loss and the ways that death can reshape a family or a marriage. If you have ever grieved, for a person or for a relationship, you will find resonance and tenderness here. There is also a shimmering thread of mysticism that runs throughout, in the form of ghosts and a supernatural intuition.
Linocut printmaker Becca Thorne created the artwork for this edition. A forest green slipcase is decorated with a gilded funeral wreath, and the book itself is bound in sage-coloured linen, with a screen-printed tableau featuring Hamnet at the centre. Inside, there are five full-page illustrations, as well as intricate initial caps with botanical motifs.
About the Illustrator
Becca Thorne is a Bristol-based illustrator and linocut printmaker originally from the Forest of Dean. Her work focuses on wildlife, nature, history and folklore, drawing inspiration from medieval imagery and folk art. Thorne’s clients include the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and BBC History Magazine.
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About the Illustrator
Becca Thorne is a Bristol-based illustrator and linocut printmaker originally from the Forest of Dean. Her work focuses on wildlife, nature, history and folklore, drawing inspiration from medieval imagery and folk art. Thorne’s clients include the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and BBC History Magazine.
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About the Illustrator
Becca Thorne is a Bristol-based illustrator and linocut printmaker originally from the Forest of Dean. Her work focuses on wildlife, nature, history and folklore, drawing inspiration from medieval imagery and folk art. Thorne’s clients include the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and BBC History Magazine.
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About the Illustrator
Becca Thorne is a Bristol-based illustrator and linocut printmaker originally from the Forest of Dean. Her work focuses on wildlife, nature, history and folklore, drawing inspiration from medieval imagery and folk art. Thorne’s clients include the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and BBC History Magazine.
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About the Illustrator
Becca Thorne is a Bristol-based illustrator and linocut printmaker originally from the Forest of Dean. Her work focuses on wildlife, nature, history and folklore, drawing inspiration from medieval imagery and folk art. Thorne’s clients include the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and BBC History Magazine.
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About the Author
Maggie O’Farrell is a Northern Irish author known for her literary fiction. Her 2020 novel Hamnet (Folio 2025) won the Women’s Prize for Fiction and was adapted for the stage by the Royal Shakespeare Company. She debuted with After You’d Gone in 2000 and has since published several acclaimed novels and a memoir, I Am, I Am, I Am (2017). Her work often explores memory, family, and the fragility of life.