Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Binding:Paperback Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2010-03-04
Edition: unknown
ISBN: 0007230206
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Synopsis
  • Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.'

Customer Reviews
  • 4 Stars So informative:so hard to read by R. Noble - Leicester UK
  • I really love the Tudor era, and from Mantel's writing I am much better informed regarding Thomas Cromwell. She gets into the soul of the man and although fictitious I can well believe the man. It was unnecessary, I thought, to make the reading so difficult, and this made it uninviting to read, however I could see this was not to be the life story of Cromwell, and in some ways this was another disappointing aspect of the book. Glad I read it through but am now looking forward to the latest Shardlow book, where it will be an easier read.
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  • 5 Stars Superb by Tokyo resident - Tokyo, Japan
  • The characters are wonderfully immediate and real. Cannot wait to see the moral and emotional place this Cromwell character takes us to in the subsequent books.
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  • 4 Stars Stick with it for fascinating read if you enjoy this period by Berkshire Bookworm - UK
  • I read the first chapter twice as like some others, I didn't always find it easy to understand to whom 'he' referred in dialogue patches - at first I thought the book was going to be a slog, but once over the initial confusion, I loved it. Best read I've had this year and felt it made the Tudor world come alive. Possibly, the last 50 pages or so seemed to lose a bit of momentum for me, but I'm still keenly anticipating the sequel. I would have given it 5 stars without the 'he' issue.
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  • 1 Stars Pointless rubbish by Michael Lewis - New York, NY
  • I read all 650 pages of this book so as to be able to make a fair judgement. All this dialogue is supposedly between real people who lived in Tudor England. Not one word was ever uttered by those people. To those who say it showed them what Tudor England was like, try reading some history. It told us nothing about the characters. It is only Hilary Mantel's imaginary musings. The book is utterly pointless and totally unconvincing. I will run a million miles before wasting any more of my life reading any equally pointless sequel.
  • 0 people found this review helpful.
  • 5 Stars One of the best books I've read by virtualpostcards -
  • I bought this as a 'duty' (must read Booker Prize novel) and started with some apprehension. I thought it would be worthy but dull and historically intricate given my patchy knowledge of the time. I'd also read Hilary Mantel's Beyond Black which, admirably written though it is, I couldn't warm to. However this novel is amazing: very easy to read and the characters are brilliantly drawn so that you really care / dislike them as appropriate. I haven't finished yet but am really loath for it to end.
    Some people have said it's difficult to read as Ms Mantel never writes 'Cromwell said...' but always 'he said...' which, when there are other male characters talking can be a bit confusing. However it's not that bad - most of the dialogue is so subtle and cunning that re-reading it is no hardship and as a way to keep to reduce distance to Cromwell's thoughts, I found it effective overall.
    Highly recommended.
    Now want to get my hands on Jonathan Franzen's new one as The Corrections was one of the other best books I've read...
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