Author

Publication

Fourth Estate, London

Language

English

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Word Count

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Page Count

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Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivewolfhall0000mant_j5c1
  • ISBN-100007230206
  • ISBN-139780007230204
  • Goodreads56100480
  • Better World Books9780007230204
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Classifications

  • LCCPR6063.A438

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

In WOLF HALL, one of our very best writers brings the opulent, brutal world of The Tudors to bloody, glittering life. It is the backdrop to the rise and rise of Thomas Cromwell: lowborn boy, charmer, bully, master of deadly intrigue, and, finally, most powerful of Henry VIII's courtiers. --back cover

Subjects

Topics

FictionHistoryPolitikHistoireEnglischFictional WorksRomans, nouvelles

Places

YorkWalesLuccaLondonCalaisPutneyJersey

People

SextonMary IThurstonJohn MoreFrancis ILiz WykysCharles V

Times

1530153115331500152915321527

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