For fans of Shakespeare, a terrific read. Although the final sentence about 'remember me' does not match with my copy of Hamlet.
We all liked it, marks of 8 or 9 all round. Must be the best book that we have read in a Looong time.
H didn't read it. Maybe she will now.
A couple of us read it in 1 or 2 days at the last minute - couldn't put it down.
J cried when Agnes was in deep grief over her loss.
The writing was good, there was clarity in it. Also it was superb writing and research about how the plague got from Egypt to Henley via Venice, though I think I have read this before.
About Agnes, eldritch doesn't suit her, but she was knowledgeable about the use of herbs and plants for treatments, I am not sure about the dead frog on the stomach, but I think this was the Doctor, not her. Her ability to diagnose things by touch was discussed, and the nearest that we got was that she was psychic. She seemed to know about the future, and was frightened when she couldn't tell the gender of her unborn child.
It was noted that we were sorry for her other children when they were abandoned in her grief for the dead child.
It was interesting how the author has kept the Shakespearean plays out of the body of the work.
Highly recommended.
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