Wolf Hall
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Book Info
Author
Mantel, Hilary
Word Count
140,000 words
based on page count
Pages
560 pages
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Edition Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.
Edition Publish Date
2009-10-13
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 0805080686
ISBN-13: 9780805080681
Description
In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII’s court, one man dares to gamble his life to win the king’s favor and ascend to the heights of political power.
The Barnes & Noble Review
In Putney, England, in the year 1500, a young man is beaten, almost to death, by his drunken father. "Felled, dazed, silent, he has fallen" in a yard that "smells of beer and blood." It is not the first beating, but it will be the last -- of this kind at least. The youth is Thomas Cromwell (1485?-1540), the central character in Hilary Mantel's astonishing Wolf Hall. He will become Cromwell, Earl of Essex, Master Secretary and "Viceregent of Spirituals" to King Henry VIII, and the chief architect of the Protestant Reformation. Soldier, politician, and power broker, he will be a gentle father himself. And a killer.
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