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Wolf Hall: A Novel


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33
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14
Release Date
November 1, 2009
Duration
23 hours 1 minute
Summary
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION

In inimitable style, Hilary Mantel's New York Times bestselling Wolf Hall is 'a darkly brilliant reimagining of life under Henry VIII. . . . Magnificent.' (The Boston Globe).

The basis for the TV series on BBC and PBS Masterpiece starring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell.

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?
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Delphine Halpern-Cohen

Wolf Hall is a wonderfully gripping historical novel. It's a bit slow at first, but I found the audiobook easier to get into than the book (which I attempted to read first). The narrator does such an excellent job at embodying Cromwell and at depicting the often eccentric natures of his friends and foes. I highly recommend it to lovers of history!

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Carol Ernst

This was a good book but sometimes hard to follow if even slightly distracted. I still am not sure if I like Cromwell or not which I think shows good writing. It is informative and the characters are well developed but they don't come across as too horrible or too wonderful. I do wish that I had some emotion for the characters one way or the other, but over all it is an interesting book.

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Robert R.

Complex and fascinating story. The narrator is excellent; he really brings the characters to life.

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Carolyn C.

Just so much death brought about by Henry VIII, made listening difficult but I got through it. Excellent writing and narrating but a gory history of the English in particular and humanity as a whole.

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Brenda D.

I enjoyed this audiobook so much I have listened to it start to finish at least four times now. This book is Hilary Mantel's masterpiece.

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Gordon Shockley

Remarkable how the narrator shifts consistently and beatifully between character voices throughout a story that is so well told.

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Richard fogel

Great tale, well read well acted out great pleasure to read

Wolf Hall: A Novel

Wolf Hall: A Novel

Author: Hilary Mantel
Read by: Simon Slater
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