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The Mirror and the Light (The Wolf Hall Trilogy) by Hilary Mantel (Hardcover, 2020)
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England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors.
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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 The long-awaited sequel to Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the stunning conclusion to Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall trilogy. A Guardian Book of the Year * A Times Book of the Year * A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year * A Telegraph Book of the Year * A Sunday Times Book of the Year * A New Statesman Book of the Year * A Spectator Book of the Year 'It is a book not read, but lived' Telegraph 'Her Cromwell novels are, for my money, the greatest English novels of this century' Observer 'If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?' England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. Cromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on; he has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry's regime to breaking point, Cromwell's robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. But can a nation, or a person, shed the past like a skin? Do the dead continually unbury themselves? What will you do, the Spanish ambassador asks Cromwell, when the king turns on you, as sooner or later he turns on everyone close to him? With The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man's vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780007480999
eBay Product ID (ePID)20046610890
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Book TitleThe Mirror and the Light (The Wolf Hall Trilogy)
AuthorHilary Mantel
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicGenealogy
Publication Year2020
GenreHistorical
Number of Pages912 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width159mm
Item Weight1280g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorHilary Mantel
Series TitleThe Wolf Hall Trilogy
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 22 Apr, 2020
If you enjoy history and the period of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell you will not be disappointed.
Hilary Mantel is a fantastic story teller and is able to set the scene for this period of history. It is exciting, humorous at times and generally a good read which guarantees the reader with many hours of a good read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 09 Jul, 2020
The final acts ...
The final act in the drama of Thomas Cromwell's life. A good read, although lengthy. Mantel does thorough research ... as good as any historian ... so you can be sure you are getting an accurate picture of events as well as all the drama you would expect from a great novelist. I reread the first two and finished with the third ... a mammoth task but well worth it to be immersed in the story ...Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 01 Jul, 2022
The third volume of Cromwell and King Henry.
This third volume of Hilary Mantel's trilogy is just as compelling as the others, though at 880 pages and 4 lb in weight it is impossibly heavy to read in bed. I only wish she'd written it as two thinner books. However, it is written in such a way that you feel you are actually there with Cromwell and the other characters.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 May, 2020
Fascinating and informative
The last of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy , over 800 pages, each one fascinating. Stayed up far too late as I couldn't bear to stop reading. Brilliant. Thomas Seymour has a new fan.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 26 May, 2021
Superb story telling - this should have won Booker prize too!!
Having watched the Wolf Hall DVD with the incredible Mark Rylance I bought Hilary Mantel's trilolgy of books which added so much more to the rich tapestry of the sg.tories. The books are well written and are 'unputdownable'. Superb writing. Superb books and well worth having won the Booker prize. She should have won it for all three books.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 Sep, 2021
The mirror and the light
The last book in Hilary Mantel’s Trilogy takes you to the hard of political manoeuvring and greed at the heart of Henry VIII’s court. Thomas Cromwell emerges as a man of extraordinary intellect battling with the Kings fragile ego and the religious intolerance of the time.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 20 Jan, 2021
lock down read
this is the third in the trilogy.it is just as compelling as the previous two . having read the other two in the earlier lock down i couldnt wait for this i havnt been disappointed. the price was brilliant too.i cant recommend these books enough ,Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 May, 2020
Deserves to win again.
Deserves to win again! Making it a hat trick would be the deserving thing for the Booker jury to do. Wonderful bringing history to life in an amazing way. what an ending!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 26 Nov, 2020
Grabs you and immersed you into the Tudor court !
Hilary Mantel is a master of melding historical fact and creating a strong storyVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Mar, 2020
excellent author
quality productVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
