Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781427225825 (1427225826)
Publish date: May 8th 2012
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Minutes: 14
Edition language: English
Series: Thomas Cromwell Trilogy (#2)
I finally finished my 4th of July rolls, and will be rolling again this morning, but I have to set down a few thoughts about this book. I'm not sure that I liked it quite as much as Wolf Hall, at least for the first 3/4, but holy cow, the last 75 pages or so was just amazing. Even though I know ho...
It's not the future dystopia of The Hunger Games, but it's not far off. Henry VIII requires an heir, and he must be rid of Ann Boleyn, and this is where it all starts going horribly wrong. Because the reader already knows how the story turns out there is a constant and oppressive suspense as one rea...
As with Wolf Hall, I feel like I had a deeper experience listening to this book and immersing myself in the thoughts of Thomas Cromwell. I am still part of what seems to be the minority that enjoyed Wolf Hall more, but Bring Up the Bodies still stands high above most modern literature. The second in...
bookshelves: spring-2015, published-2012, tudor, series, tbr-busting-2015, e-book, booker-winner, costa-whitbread-winner, britain-england, summer-2015 Read from November 18, 2013 to June 03, 2015 Description: Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn...
I hate it when I have to say goodbye. Last night I finished Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies, sequel to Wolf Hall. I became so enthralled with these books that towards the end I started to read slowly. As a Catholic by background, I have been interested in the Reformation for years. I alway...
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