Author

Publication

2013-03-01 - Picador, New York

Language

English

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Word Count

108,000 words, Guess

Page Count

432 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC823.914
  • LCCPR6063.A438 B75 2013

Description

Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning [Wolf Hall;](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL464512W) and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the powerful minister in the court of King Henry VIII. It won the 2012 Man Booker Prize and the 2012 Costa Book of the Year. The final novel in the trilogy, [The Mirror and the Light](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20665410W), was published in March 2020.

Description

Though he battled for years to marry her—a story told in Wolf Henry is now disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son, and her sharp intelligence alienates his old friends and the noble families of England. At a word from Henry. Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over a few terrifying weeks. Cromwell ensnares her in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour waits her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle, and to defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must now ally himself with his enemies. What price will he pay for Anne's head? Hailed around the world as a stunning literary achievement. Bring Up the Bodies evokes this frightening episode of English history as no book has before. --back cover

Subjects

Topics

FictionHistoryLiteraryEnglischHistoireHistoricalFictional Works

Places

EssexLondonSurreyJerseyExeterNorfolkSuffolk

People

Mary IAnthonyThurstonEdward IVChristopheHenry VIIIRafe Sadler

Times

15351509-1547

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