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Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall By Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel


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Summary

Wolf Hall is set in 1950s England, where Henry VIII resides on the throne. The pope is refusing to grant a divorce, and the king has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey, the chief advisor to the king, is trying to carry out his wishes.

Wolf Hall Summary

Wolf Hall (The Wolf Hall Trilogy) by Hilary Mantel

Then comes Thomas Cromwell, who is hired as Wolsey's Clerk and later becomes his successor. He is a sharp, charming, and wholly manipulative character who has big ambitions and won't let anyone get in the way of them. This is a magnificent story of politics, passions, and psychology set against the rich backdrop of Tudor England.
Wolf Hall won the Man Booker Prize and was shortlisted for both the Orange Prize and the Costa Novel Award.
You should read this book if…
  • You enjoy historical tales with compelling characters
  • You love vivid stories where politics and passion are at the heart of the plot
  • You are looking for a classic, prize-winning book that will have you gripped from start to finish

Wolf Hall Reviews

'So original and disconcerting that it will surely come to be seen as a paradigm-shifter' Sunday Telegraph

'As soon as I opened the book I was gripped. I read it almost non-stop. When I did have to put it down, I was full of regret that the story was over, a regret I still feel. This is a wonderful and intelligently imagined retelling of a familiar tale from an unfamiliar angle' The Times

'A stunning book. It breaks free of what the novel has become nowadays. I can't think of anything since Middlemarch which so convincingly builds a world' Diana Athill, author of Somewhere Towards the End

'This is a beautiful and profoundly human book, a dark mirror held up to our own world. And the fact that its conclusion takes place after the curtain has fallen only proves that Hilary Mantel is one of our bravest as well as our most brilliant writers' Olivia Laing, Observer

'A fascinating read, so good I rationed myself. It is remarkable and very learned; the texture is marvellously rich, the feel of Tudor London and the growing household of a man on the rise marvellously authentic. Characters real and imagined spring to life, from the childish and petulant King to Thomas Wolsey's jester, and it captures the extrovert, confident, violent mood of the age wonderfully' C.J. Sansom, author of The Shardlake Series

'A magnificent achievement: the scale of its vision and the fine stitching of its detail; the teeming canvas of characters; the style with its clipped but powerful immediacy; the wit, the poetry and the nuance' Sarah Dunant, author of The Birth of Venus

'A superb novel, beautifully constructed, and an absolutely compelling read. A novel of Tudor times which persuades us that we are there, at that moment, hungry to know what happens next. It is the making of our English world, and who can fail to be stirred by it?' Helen Dunmore, author of Birdcage Walk

About Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel is the author of thirteen books, including A PLACE OF GREATER SAFETY, BEYOND BLACK, the memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST, and the short-story collection THE ASSASSINATION OF MARGARET THATCHER. Her two most recent novels, WOLF HALL and its sequel BRING UP THE BODIES, have both been awarded The Man Booker Prize - an unprecedented achievement.

Additional information

GOR001251544
9780007230181
0007230184
Wolf Hall (The Wolf Hall Trilogy) by Hilary Mantel
Used - Very Good
Hardback
HarperCollins Publishers
2009-04-30
672
Winner of Galaxy National Book Awards: Waterstone's UK Author of the Year 2010 Winner of Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2010 Winner of Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2010 Winner of Spear's Book Awards: Novel of the Year 2009 Winner of Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2009 Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2010
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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