Author

Publication

2009 - Fourth Estate, London, England, England

Language

English

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Word Count

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Page Count

0 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivewolfhall0000mant_d3u1
  • ISBN-100007292414
  • ISBN-139780007292417
  • GoogleKSvQjlZP0wMC
  • Goodreads43572958
and 5 more

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR6063.A438 W65 2009
  • LCCPR6063.A438W65 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

'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages. From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel, one that explores the intersection of individual psychology and wider politics. With a vast array of characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back history to show us Tudor England as a half-made society, moulding itself with great passion and suffering and courage. (back cover)

Subjects

Topics

PolitikFictionHistoryHistoireEnglischFictional WorksRomans, nouvelles

Places

YorkLuccaWalesLondonCalaisPutneyJersey

People

Mary ISextonThurstonFrancis ILiz WykysEdward IVCharles V

Times

1500152915321530153315311527

Genres

  • Fiction

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