![]() ![]() She uses her power of prose to create moral ambiguity and the real uncertainty of political life … She has recast the most essential period of our modern English history we have the greatest modern English prose writer reviving possibly one of the best known pieces of English history” - Sir Peter Stothard, Chair of the judges for the Man Booker Prize 2012 ”'This is a bloody story about the death of Anne Boleyn, but Hilary Mantel is a writer who thinks through the blood. But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of Anne’s final days.Īn astounding literary accomplishment, Bring Up the Bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists. Cromwell must find a solution that will satisfy Henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career. ![]() But Anne has failed to give the king an heir, and Cromwell watches as Henry falls for plain Jane Seymour. ![]() With this historic win for Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author and the first woman to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes.īy 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, the king’s new wife. ‘A gripping story of tumbling fury and terror’ Independent on Sunday ‘Simply exceptional…I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it’ Daily Mail Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction ![]()
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