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Wolf Hall
by Mantel, Hilary
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- as new
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 155468773X
- ISBN 13
- 9781554687732
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About This Item
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : HarperCollins Publishers, 2009. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. As New. As New. - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ 1St Canadian Edition 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.
Synopsis
Hilary Mantel was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, England in July of 1952. Her novel, Wolf Hall was the winner of the Man Booker prize in 2009. Mantel is a former social worker and film critic who has written short stories, the memoir "Giving up the Ghost" and novels including 2005's "Beyond Black," which was shortlisted for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction. In this novel, Wolf Hall, the book centers on the real-life figure of Cromwell, depicted as a ruthless but compelling figure straining against the certainties of his age. Mantel calls Cromwell the chief fixer and spin doctor as well as propagandist for one of the most eventful decades of English history, and the question driving the book is “How did he do it?” This tale of political intrigue is set during the reign of King Henry VIII and is a fabulous and intelligent retelling of a familiar story, with an unfamiliar angle.
Reviews
On Jan 30 2014, a reader said:
I am not normally a fan of historical fiction, and it took me a while to get into this book. But once I did I was well and truly hooked. Within the historical narrative woven from the events and people with whom we may have become familiar from TV dramas and films about Henry VIII and the Tudors, Mantell gives Thomas Cromwell and other minor players a remarkable voice. By the time I got to the end of what is a lengthy and time-consuming book I was hungry for more. Thankfully, that is an appetite I can feed with the next instalment.
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008350
- Title
- Wolf Hall
- Author
- Mantel, Hilary
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 155468773X
- ISBN 13
- 9781554687732
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 651
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Novels, Unfinished, Literature, Tudor Period, Thomas Cromwell, Historical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Fiction;
- X weight
- 350 g
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