Bring Up the Bodies: A Novel

· Sold by Henry Holt and Company
3.8
188 reviews
Ebook
432
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Winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize
Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Award


The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn

Though 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 malice.

At 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 Mantel's 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 Anne's head?
Bring Up the Bodies is one of The New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2012, one of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Best Books of 2012 and one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2012

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3.8
188 reviews
Emily
January 16, 2016
Complex. Nuanced. Immersive. A wide cast of characters. Once you get used to the writing style you won't want to leave it. This is not some crappy beach read, this is craft.
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Sharon Anderton
January 24, 2013
Excellent read....holds you to each sentence, each word, each syllable so as not to loose the trail and wander off in chase of the wrong character. Brilliant!
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Maggie Jewell
August 21, 2014
Great historical fiction. Well-written account of a complex player in one of the most enduringly fascinating periods of English history. Looking forward to volume three.
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About the author

Hilary Mantel twice won the Booker Prize, for her best-selling 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 Ghost.

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