What is the plot of Wolf Hall?
Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, Wolf Hall is a sympathetic fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Sir Thomas More. The novel won both the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
What should I read before Wolf Hall?
Book List: Can’t Get Enough of Wolf Hall? by Nancy Aravecz, Jefferson Market LibraryMay 14, 2015
- The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir.
- The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett.
- A Journey Through Tudor England by Suzannah Lipscomb.
- 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro.
- The Sixth Wife by Jean Plaidy.
Which Hilary Mantel book should I read first?
The first book in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, with a new cover design to celebrate the publication of the much anticipated The Mirror and the Light.
Is Thomas Cromwell related to Oliver Cromwell?
Oliver Cromwell was descended from a junior branch of the Cromwell family, distantly related from (as great, great grand-uncle) Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII. Their son Richard Williams went to live in the household of his uncle Thomas, becoming his protégé. …
What is happening in bring up the bodies?
Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne’s head? His children are falling from the sky.
Do you need to know history to read Wolf Hall?
It doesn’t matter if you’re familiar with the history or not, this is a novel based on historical characters. Absolutely superb writing and characters. One of the best novels I’ve read in ages, and Bring Up The Bodies is just as good.
Is bring up the bodies on TV?
Directed by Peter Kosminsky and written by Peter Straughan (one half of the Oscar-nominated “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” duo), this six-part BBC drama adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s hit novels “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies” will broadcast stateside on PBS April 5.
Do you have to read Wolf Hall before bring up the bodies?
In answer to what will surely be everyone’s first question about Ms. Mantel’s “Bring Up the Bodies”: Yes, you can read it cold. Knowledge of “Wolf Hall” is not a prerequisite to appreciating what “Bring Up the Bodies” describes, because Ms. Mantel sets up her new book so gracefully.