Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall: Bring Up the Bodies

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Winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize, the sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall, delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.

Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice.

At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne's head?
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488 printed pages
Publication year
2012
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    Anne shoots out of her chair. ‘What, so he can intrigue with her more conveniently?’

    ‘Her doctors suggest, madam, that she will soon be in her grave, and not able to work you any displeasure.’

    ‘She would come out of it, flapping in her shroud, if she saw the chance to thwart me.’
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    One jester does not like to hear of the downfall of another
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    Faces are not incidental. Our sins are written on them

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