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Historical Fiction · TenseThomas Cromwell engineers the fall of Anne Boleyn
Bring Up the Bodies
2012432 pagesModerate readSteady pace
★ Booker Prize, 2012
Cromwell brings down Anne Boleyn
The sequel to Wolf Hall picks up with Henry VIII turning away from Anne Boleyn. Thomas Cromwell, now powerful, plans a case against her that will end in the Tower of London. It won the 2012 Booker Prize, making Mantel the first woman to win twice.
More about this book
Who
Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour.
World
The Tudor court, 1535 to 1536.
What makes it different
It is the second novel of the Wolf Hall trilogy.
Feel
Taut and cold.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- Bring Up the BodiesWikipedia