Wolf Hall (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic) - Softcover

Mantel, Hilary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594136130 ISBN 13: 9781594136139

Publisher: Large Print Press, 2012

Synopsis

Korean edition of WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel, the 2009 Booker Prize winner and National Book Critics Circle Award. It is a historical fiction about the rise of Thomas Cromwell in King Henry VIII's court. The book is Amazon Best of the Month, October 2009. Translated by Ha Yun Sug. Volume 1 of 2 In Korean. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

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Review:

Amazon Best of the Month, October 2009: No character in the canon has been writ larger than Henry VIII, but that didn't stop Hilary Mantel. She strides through centuries, past acres of novels, histories, biographies, and plays--even past Henry himself--confident in the knowledge that to recast history's most mercurial sovereign, it's not the King she needs to see, but one of the King's most mysterious agents. Enter Thomas Cromwell, a self-made man and remarkable polymath who ascends to the King's right hand. Rigorously pragmatic and forward-thinking, Cromwell has little interest in what motivates his Majesty, and although he makes way for Henry's marriage to the infamous Anne Boleyn, it's the future of a free England that he honors above all else and hopes to secure. Mantel plots with a sleight of hand, making full use of her masterful grasp on the facts without weighing down her prose. The opening cast of characters and family trees may give initial pause to some readers, but persevere: the witty, whip-smart lines volleying the action forward may convince you a short stay in the Tower of London might not be so bad... provided you could bring a copy of Wolf Hall along. --Anne Bartholomew

About the Author:

HILARY MANTEL is the author of thirteen books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black and the memoir Giving Up the Ghost. Her two most recent novels, Wolf Hall and its sequel Bring up the Bodies, have both been awarded the Man Booker Prize—an unprecedented achievement.

About this edition

• Publisher: Large Print Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1594136130
• ISBN 13: 9781594136139
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 821