Bring Up the Bodies

Pas de couverture — Hilary Mantel: Bring Up the Bodies (2013, Picador)

paperback, 432 pages

Langue : English

Publié 10 juillet 2013 par Picador.

ISBN :: 978-0-00-731510-9

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Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning Wolf Hall; and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the powerful minister in the court of King Henry VIII. It won the 2012 Man Booker Prize and the 2012 Costa Book of the Year. The final novel in the trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, was published in March 2020.

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Aaron a publié une critique de Bring up the bodies par Hilary Mantel

5 étoiles

Mantel's fictional retelling of the life of Cromwell continues, using the same conceits as the first book ("he" is always Cromwell). I assume no spoiler warnings are needed for a book describing events that took place 480 years ago: the book concerns the fall of Anne Boleyn, and Cromwell's role in making that happen. As Cromwell circles his prey and closes in, Mantel's writing is riveting and the verbal sparring is absolutely chilling. Reading it was an total pleasure.