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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. Reissue. About the AuthorHilary Mantel twice won the Booker Prize for her bestselling novel Wolf Hall and its sequel Bring Up the Bodies The final novel of the Wolf Hall trilogy The Mirror the Light debuted at 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and won critical acclaim around the globe Mantel authored over a dozen books including A Place of Greater Safety Beyond Black and the memoir Giving Up the GhostProduct DescriptionWINNER OF THE 2012 MAN BOOKER PRIZEThe sequel to Wolf Hall Hilary Mantels 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller Bring Up the Bodies delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne BoleynThough he battled for seven years to marry her Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court Anne stands starkly exposed the focus of gossip and maliceAt a word from Henry Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down Over three terrifying weeks Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle Hilary Mantels Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason To defeat the Boleyns Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies the papist aristocracy What price will he pay for Annes headBring Up the Bodies is one of The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2012 one of Publishers Weeklys Top 10 Best Books of 2012 and one of The Washington Posts 10 Best Books of 2012ReviewMantel knows what to select how to make her scenes vivid how to kindle her characters She seems almost incapable of abstraction or fraudulence she instinctively grabs for the reachably realIn short this novelist has the maddeningly unteachable gift of being interesting The New YorkerBring Up the Bodies is astringent and purifying stripping away the cobwebs and varnish of history the antique formulations and brocaded sentimentality of costume drama novels so that the English past comes to seem like something vivid strange and brand new The New York Times Book ReviewTwo years ago something astonishingly fair happened in the world of prestigious prizes the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for 2009 both went to the right winner The book was Hilary Mantels Wolf Hall and it would have dwarfed the competition any yearIt was a hard act to follow But the followup is equally sublimeThat ironic ending will be no cliffhanger for anyone even remotely familiar with Henry VIIIs trail of carnage But in Bring Up the Bodies it works as one The wonder of Ms Mantels retelling is that she makes these events fresh and terrifying all over again The New York TimesBring Up the Bodies isnt just her boldest book its also her best and it reaffirms Mantels reputation as one of Englands greatest living novelists NPRHilary Mantel made waves in 2009 with her Man Booker Prizewinning pageturner Wolf HallThe second in her planned trilogy Bring Up the Bodies stalks Anne Boleyn and the soapopera worthy machinations of Cromwell and his evil allies to bring down the powerful wife of the king Who knew history could be so sexy Vanity FairWhats being called the Wolf Hall Trilogy is a remarkable work in progress a series that makes the past feel immediate andthis is the best partunpredictable Even if you know the history youll find yourself racing through these pages to find out what happens next PeopleAfter pulling off this literary feat twice you realize the smartest person in the room isnt Cromwell after allits Mantel The Huffington Postthe finest works of historical fiction in contemporary literature. Seller Inventory # BKZN9781250806727
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