Wolf Hall : a novel /
Assuming the power recently lost by the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell counsels a mercurial Henry VIII on the latter's efforts to marry Anne Boleyn against the wishes of Rome, a successful endeavor that comes with a dangerous price. Employing a vast array of historical characters, a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Co.,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description Sample text |
| Summary: | Assuming the power recently lost by the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell counsels a mercurial Henry VIII on the latter's efforts to marry Anne Boleyn against the wishes of Rome, a successful endeavor that comes with a dangerous price. Employing a vast array of historical characters, and a story overflowing with incident, the author turns Tudor England into a compelling piece of fiction. Mantel re-creates an era when the personal and political are separated by a hairsbreadth, where success brings unlimited power but a single failure means death. -- from Book Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | "A John Macrae book." |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 532 pages : genealogical tables ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0805080686 9780805080681 |