Wolf Hall

Paperback. Pub Date :2010-8-31 Pages: 640 WINNER OF THE 2009 MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FORFICTION A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster If the kingdies without a male. heir. the country could be destroyed by civilwar Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years andmarry Anne Boleyn The pope and most of Europe opposes him Intothis impasse steps Thomas Cromwell:... a wholly original man. acharmer and a bully. both idealist and opportunist. astute inreading people. and implacable in his ambition But Henry isvolatile:.. one day tender. one day murderous Cromwell helps himbreak the opposition. but what will be the price of histriumph In inimitable style. Hilary Mantels Wolf Hall is a darklybrilliant reimagining of life under Henry VIII .... Magnificent. (The Boston Globe).