I have friends who loved Wolf Hall (the majority) and a few who hated it, and having read this I can understand both reactions. The novel is centered on Thomas Cromwell, a minister of Henry VIII. I did like that Mantel doesn’t present him as the usual stock villain. The first chapter of about a doze...
It feels as though I've been reading this one forever. It is long and it is a slow read, but it's a good one and that three stars is more to do with my personal taste. For a book to be four star, I have to be eager to get back to it and Wolf Hall, for all its deserved superlatives, simply didn't do ...
This book doesn't take place in Wolf Hall at all!No but for serious, this is excellent stuff, and I fear some of it goes over my head. I feel I would need to read it a couple more times to really get it. The writing is beautiful, and Mantel succeeds where many writers of fiction about historical fig...
The English are a people, I’ve found, who are obsessed with kings and kingship, whether positively or negatively (one has only to look at the media hype surrounding the birth of the royal baby and the jokes on twitter about the same). Englishmen love their kings and queens, but are also extremely c...
Didn't like it at all and I can't figure out why it got such good reviews. The story of Thomas Cromwell, which I thought I would love since I read a lot of novels during this time period but I closed the book half way through. Tedious and repetitious, boring characters and I couldn't care less what ...
Man Booker books and I have love/hate relationship (short-listed and winners), so I was little leery about picking this one up. But, it's European (English) history, and I love these old tales. And in any event, I had a lot of credits to burn at Audible.I know more about the reign of Henry VIII a...
This is one of those books that I wasn't sure if I wanted to read or not, but became convinced by reviews and the appearance of the second of the series that I needed to give it a try (Bring Up the Bodies - I mean, how can you not read a book called that?!). I had abandoned Tudor historical fiction ...
I was very surprised by this novel about Henry VIII and his wives, told through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell. It's detailed, surprising and blows a lot of stereotypes right out of the water. One character that really took me by surprise was Mary Boleyn, who is anything but a fool in this one, but mos...
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