England, 1580. A young Latin tutor--penniless, bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an eccentric young woman who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford. She becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast force in the life of her young husband, whose gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when their young son succumbs to bubonic plague. -- adapted from jacket

1. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Fiction.; 2. Shakespeare, Hamnet, -- 1585-1596 -- Fiction.; 3. Hathaway, Anne, -- 1556?-1623 -- Fiction.; 4. Biographical fiction.; 5. Historical fiction.;