Wolf Hall

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• Book Review: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Share

  After watching The Tudors, with the wonderful James Frain as Thomas Cromwell, it was impossible to read Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall without a sense of dread — fear and knowledge of what's coming for all of them — Cromwell, Henry the VIII, Anne Boleyn, ... (read full critics)

  blogcritics published on Sun, 23 Jan 2011

• Wolf Hall

  La trama e le recensioni di Wolf Hall, romanzo di Hilary Mantel edito da Fazi. L’Inghilterra all’inizio del 1500 è in un vicolo cieco, a un passo dal disastro. Se il re morisse senza un erede maschio, il Paese sarebbe condannato a una guerra civile. ... (read full critics)

  Qlibri published on Tue, 18 Jan 2011

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  The novel is an account of the rise of Thomas Cromwell, a courtier of Henry VIII.

  I had high expectations on the book because it is the winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize and I read up a bit of Tudor history to get prepared. However, I was disappointed half way through and had to plough throug ... (continue)

  The novel is an account of the rise of Thomas Cromwell, a courtier of Henry VIII.

  I had high expectations on the book because it is the winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize and I read up a bit of Tudor history to get prepared. However, I was disappointed half way through and had to plough through it in the end.

  The writing was dry and monotonous and bulk of the story centred around how Cromwell helped Ann Boleyn to become Queen of England. The story ended before her execution, which I thought was the more exciting part of the history of that era! The book was written in a rather matter of fact manner, although there was a lot of scheming, killing and politicial manoeuvring behind the scenes, but those did not come out well.

  May be I have been spoilt by reading too much 'thrillers' and no longer have the patience to read and appreciate stories which are rather flat.

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  Sawyho said on Feb 28, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• We all know the history, and this is a well to version of it. Worthy of the Booker Prize

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  Carolyn said on Jan 30, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  The Omnivore said on Jun 24, 2011 | Add your feedback

• Gave up after 50 pages.

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  Tracy W said on Apr 18, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  England - 1520's

  Very well written and interesting - unfortunatly too slow for me

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  Mati said on Mar 28, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  An impressive work but...

  I am sorry, I had to give up on this. To adapt Shirley Conran: life is too short to stuff a Wolf Hall. Yes it is towering achievement; yes it is impressively researched; yes it has exquisite use of language but it is just so slow and dull. I think what finally did for me was the annoying and confusi ... (continue)

  I am sorry, I had to give up on this. To adapt Shirley Conran: life is too short to stuff a Wolf Hall. Yes it is towering achievement; yes it is impressively researched; yes it has exquisite use of language but it is just so slow and dull. I think what finally did for me was the annoying and confusing use of 'he' to refer to Cromwell, even in the middle of sentence which appeared to be about someone else. Reading should be a pleasure; I found this a chore.

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  Mcklancs said on Aug 29, 2010 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
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• ISBN-10: 0007230184
• ISBN-13: 9780007230181
• Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2009
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD and Others
• In other languages: other languages Livros em Português, Libri Italiani, Česká kniha

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