A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BOOK TWO OF THE THOMAS CROMWELL TRILOGY
"Beautifully constructed...The wonder of Mantel's retelling is that she makes these events fresh and terrifying all over again....Mantel's follow-up is equally sublime."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Though he battled for years to marry her, Henry VIII 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. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne becomes ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour waits her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. To ensure Jane's ascent, Thomas Cromwell must ally himself with his enemies, the papist aristocracy--and face the price that he must pay for Anne Boleyn's head. In this masterful sequel to Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel vividly reimagines the downfall of England's most infamous queen as never before, with unparalleled intelligence and grace.
? An immediate New York Times bestseller ? Sequel to TheNew York Times bestseller Wolf Hall, winner of the Man Booker Prize ? A TV miniseries of the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy is being developed jointly by HBO and the BBC with Peter Straughan (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) adapting. ? More than 400,000 copies of Wolf Hall, book one of the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy, have been sold across all formats.
Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 432 pages
ISBN-10: 125002417X
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 50,001 + ratings
"Mantel has the maddeningly unteachable gift of being interesting...all is alive, silvery, alert, rapid with insight."--James Wood, The New Yorker
"Fantastic...Bring Up the Bodies [is] a more propulsive reading experience than rivals like Philippa Gregory's hugely popular novel The Other Boleyn Girl."--The Wall Street Journal
"As exciting as any thriller. Grade: A"--Entertainment Weekly
HILARY MANTEL is the bestselling author of many novels including Wolf Hall, which won the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Bring Up the Bodies was also awarded the Man Booker Prize and the Costa Book Award. She lives in England with her husband.
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