Author

Publication

2009 - HarperCollins Pub., Toronto, Ont, Ontario

Language

English

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Word Count

162750 words, Guess

Page Count

651 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR6063.A438 W65 2009

Description

Wolf Hall (2009) is a historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel, published by Fourth Estate, named after the Seymour family's seat of Wolfhall, or Wulfhall, in Wiltshire. Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, Wolf Hall is a sympathetic fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Sir Thomas More. The novel won both the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2012, The Observer named it as one of "The 10 best historical novels". The book is the first in a trilogy; the sequel [Bring Up the Bodies](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16547664W) was published in 2012. The last book in the trilogy is [The Mirror and the Light](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20665410W) (2020), which covers the last four years of Cromwell's life.

Description

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years, and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. The quest for the king's freedom destroys his adviser, the brilliant Cardinal Wolsey, and leaves a power vacuum. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell who helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

Subjects

Topics

FictionHistoryPolitikHistoireEnglischFictional WorksRomans, nouvelles

Places

YorkWalesLuccaLondonCalaisPutneyJersey

People

SextonMary IThurstonJohn MoreFrancis ILiz WykysCharles V

Times

1530153115331500152915321527

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