Bring up the Bodies

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'As soon as I opened [fVolf Hall] I was gripped. I read it almost non-stop, When I did have to put it down, I was full of regret the story was over, a regret I still feel.'
THE TIMES
'My boy Thomas, give him a dirty look and hell gouge your eye out. Trip him, and he'll cut off your leg," says Walter Cromwell in i^oo. 'But if you don't cut across him, he's a very gentleman. And he'll stand anybody a drink.'
By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith's son, is far from his humble origins. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen w^ith those of Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken w^ith Rome and created his ovi^n church. 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. When Henry visits Wolf Hall, Cromwell watches as he falls in love with the silent, plain Jane Seymour. The nainister sees what is at stake: not just the king's pleasure, but the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

'As soon as I opened [fVolf Hall] I was gripped. I read it almost non-stop, When I did have to put it down, I was full of regret the story was over, a regret I still feel.'
THE TIMES
'My boy Thomas, give him a dirty look and hell gouge your eye out. Trip him, and he'll cut off your leg," says Walter Cromwell in i^oo. 'But if you don't cut across him, he's a very gentleman. And he'll stand anybody a drink.'
By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith's son, is far from his humble origins. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen w^ith those of Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken w^ith Rome and created his ovi^n church. 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. When Henry visits Wolf Hall, Cromwell watches as he falls in love with the silent, plain Jane Seymour. The nainister sees what is at stake: not just the king's pleasure, but the safety of the nation. 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. But neither minister nor king will emerge undamaged from the bloody theatre of Anne's final days.
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. This new novel is a speaking picture, an audacious vision of Tudor England that sheds its light on the nnodern world. It is the work of one of our great writers at the height of her powers.
Hilary Mantel is the author of twelve books, including^ Place of Greater Safety, Giving Up. the Ghost, Beyond Black, which was shortlisted for the 2006 Orange Prize, and, most recently. Wolf Hall, which won the 2009 Man Booker Prize. Vissza