Bring Up the Bodies

Wolf Hall trilogy -- 2.

by

softcover, 683 pages

English language

Published Jan. 29, 2013 by Windsor | Paragon.

ISBN:
9781471322846
OCLC Number:
821701400

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5 stars (1 review)

Continuing what began in the Man Booker Prize-winning WOLF HALL, we return to the court of Henry VIII, to witness the irresistible rise of Thomas Cromwell as he contrives the destruction of Anne Boleyn. By 1535 Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn. But the split from the Catholic Church has left England dangerously isolated, and Anne has failed to give the king an heir. Cromwell watches as Henry falls for plain Jane Seymour. Negotiating the politics of the court, Cromwell must find a solution that will satisfy Henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career. But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of Anne's final days.

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. --back cover

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reviewed Falken by Hilary Mantel

Great next part

5 stars

As great as part one. I pity Anne Boleyn and all the other women who are not more than mere possessions of their men. I wonder how we missed detecting all that misogony in our history.

As for Cromwell, he plans his revenges and gets them all, yet he never understands that the reason for all that revenge is the king, not the persons carrying out the kings wishes.

And so Cromwell is also carrying out whatever the king wishes, not ever thinking for a second whether morals, law, ethics are damaged when he does what he dors for the king. And one day, Cromwell will be sorted out and executed like all his victims. The only one never blamed is Henry VIII, yet every deed originates with him. And he will not be executed.

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  • Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536 - Fiction
  • Large type books
  • History
  • Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 - Fiction
  • Great Britain - History - Henry VIII, 1509-1547 - Fiction
  • Fiction

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  • Great Britain

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