Wolf Hall: A Novel (Man Booker Prize)
Category: Novel
Narrator: Unknown
Tags: Novel
No character in the canon has been writ larger than Henry VIII, but that didnt stop Hilary Mantel. She strides through centuries, past acres of novels, histories, biographies, and playseven past Henry himselfconfident in the knowledge that to recast historys most mercurial sovereign, its not the King she needs to see, but one of the Kings most mysterious agents. Enter Thomas Cromwell, a self-made man and remarkable polymath who ascends to the Kings right hand. Rigorously pragmatic and forward-thinking, Cromwell has little interest in what motivates his Majesty, and although he makes way for Henrys marriage to the infamous Anne Boleyn, its the future of a free England that he honors above all else and hopes to secure. Mantel plots with a sleight of hand, making full use of her masterful grasp on the facts without weighing down her prose. The opening cast of characters and family trees may give initial pause to some readers, but persevere: the witty, whip-smart lines volleying the action
