Bring Up the Bodies
by Hilary Mantel
Taste attributes: historicalpoliticaldramabiographyslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringdeep rivalryinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA serious historical novel that is fresh, layered and slow-paced. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning Wolf Hall; and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the powerful minister in the court of King Henry VIII. It won the 2012 Man Booker Prize and the 2012 Costa Book of the Year. The final novel in the trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, was published in March 2020.
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- Hilary Mantel
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 432
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