A truly great story' Financial Times 'In another league. In 2015, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were adapted into a Bafta and Emmy award-winning television series, starring Mark Rylance as Cromwell and Damian. 'A great novel of dark and dirty passions, public and private. The main character in thmore I have to agree with you, Gaynor, politics seems to be the same today. Full of back-stabbing and underhand control of people. But the bloody theatre of the queen's final days will leave no one unscathed. MaryAnn Mouritz I have to agree with you, Gaynor, politics seems to be the same today.
With Henry captivated by plain Jane Seymour and rumours of Anne Boleyn's faithlessness whispered by all, Cromwell knows what he must do to secure his position. 'Our most brilliant English writer' Guardian Bring Up the Bodies unlocks the darkly glittering court of Henry VIII, where Thomas Cromwell is now chief minister. It is the work of one of our great writers at the height of her powers.Winner of the Man Booker Prize The second book in Hilary Mantel's award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, with a stunning new cover design to celebrate the publication of the much anticipated The Mirror and the Light An astounding literary accomplishment, Bring Up the Bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists. This new novel is a speaking picture, an audacious vision of Tudor England that sheds its light on the modern world. In Bring Up the Bodies, sequel to the Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in English history: the destruction of Anne Boleyn. But neither minster nor king will emerge undamaged from the bloody theatre of Anne's final days. As he eases a way through the sexual politics of the court, its miasma of gossip, he must negotiate a 'truth' that will satisfy Henry and secure his own career. The minister sees what is at stake: not just the king's pleasure, but the safety of the nation. When Henry visits Wolf Hall, Cromwell watches as he falls in love with the silent, plain Jane Seymour. Bring Up The Bodies By Hilary Mantel 499.00 inclusive of all taxes Buy Now About the book An astounding literary accomplishment, Bring Up the Bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists. But Henry's actions have forced England into dangerous isolation, and Anne has failed to do what she promised: bear a son to secure the Tudor line. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome and created his own church.
By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith's son, is far from his humble origins.
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