Wolf Hall [Paperback]
Mantel, Hilary, 1952-2009
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Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 '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.
Main title:
Wolf Hall [Paperback] / Hilary Mantel.
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Imprint:
London : Fourth Estate, 2009.
Collation:
651 p. ; 25 cm.
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Notes:
Illustrations on lining papers.
Contents:
Contents: Across the narrow sea. 1500Paternity. 1527At Austin Friars. 1527Visitation. 1529An Occult history of Britain. 1521-1529Make or mar. All Hallows 1529Three-card trick. Winter 1529-Spring 1530Entirely beloved Cromwell. Spring-December 1530The dead complain of their burial. Christmastide 1530Arrange your face. 1531'Alas, what shall I do for love?' Spring 1532Early Mass. November 1532Anna Regina. 1533Devil's spit. Autumn and wubter 1533A painter's eye. 1534Supremacy. 1534The map of Christendom. 1534-1535To Wolf Hall. July 1535.
Awards:
Man Booker Prize 2009.
ISBN:
97800072924179780007230181
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
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BRN:
189539
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Paperbacks | M | Available |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | MANT | Onloan - Due: 02 Oct 2024 |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | MANT | Onloan - Due: 29 Sep 2024 |