Author

Publication

2012 - Large Print Press, Waterville, Me, Maine

Language

English

Purchase

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Word Count

243250 words, Guess

Page Count

973 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101594136130
  • ISBN-139781594136139
  • OCLC Control Number813535489
  • Better World Books9781594136139
  • Open LibraryOL27142587M

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

Assuming the power recently lost by the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell counsels a mercurial Henry VIII on the latter's efforts to marry Anne Boleyn against the wishes of Rome, a successful endeavor that comes with a dangerous price. Employing a vast array of historical characters, and a story overflowing with incident, the author turns Tudor England into a compelling piece of fiction. Mantel re-creates an era when the personal and political are separated by a hairsbreadth, where success brings unlimited power but a single failure means death. -- from Book Jacket In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man, Thomas Cromwell, dares to gamble his life to win the king's favor and ascend to the heights of political power. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.

Subjects

Topics

FictionHistoryPolitikHistoireEnglischFictional WorksRomans, nouvelles

Places

YorkLuccaWalesLondonCalaisPutneyJersey

People

Mary ISextonThurstonFrancis ILiz WykysEdward IVCharles V

Times

1500152915321530153315311527

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