Uzès Book Club

Tuesday 19 May, 3:00pm
At a Member’s home the third Tuesday of the Month

This month we are reading ‘Hamnet’ by Maggie O’Farrell.

The novel relates to the real-life death of William Shakespeare’s only and forgotten son Hamnet who was buried on 11 August 1596. It describes the circumstances of William Shakespeare’s marriage with Agnes Hathaway (portrayed as a herbalist), the birth of their children and subsequent death of Hamnet, potentially from bubonic plague, which influenced Shakespeare’s subsequent writing in the tragedy of his play Hamlet. The story includes some of the known facts of Shakespeare’s life in the Tudor Period but also includes myths and other imagined fictions surrounding Hamnet’s death. The book has won many awards and was successfully adapted for the stage and finally to an award winning film.

The Book Club has a waiting list at the moment but we are happy to share our 2026 book list (created via a member poll) if anyone is looking for new reading ideas.  Please contact us if you are interested in being added to the waiting list or receiving our book choices.

Christine Frati                                              Angela Denton-Thompson
christine@britsnimes.com                             angeladt@britsnimes.com