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# Bring Up the Bodies: The Booker Prize-winning and bestselling sequel to Wolf Hall, now a major TV series (The Wolf Hall Trilogy)

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Review: Masterful and filled with suspense - It's 1535 and Cromwell is Henry VIII's Chief Minister and Master Secretary. Thanks to the new Queen Anne and the Boleyn family, he has property, riches and power, but the King's inner circle will never let him forget his humble beginnings and are constantly circling him, waiting for a mistake that they can use to bring about his downfall. That downfall may be closer than Cromwell likes because Anne has yet to bear Henry the male heir he craves and faced with her jealousy, her demands and her acquisitiveness, his eye is beginning to wander towards the more sedate Jane Seymour. Conscious of what happened to his mentor Wolsey, Cromwell know that if he's to satisfy the king's desire while preserving his own position then he must turn on the Boleyns. But Cromwell's navigating a dangerous path and the Boleyns will not go quietly ... Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize winning sequel to the Booker Prize winning WOLF HALL is an equally thrilling, intelligent and utterly gripping account of Anne Boleyn's downfall and the impact on Cromwell. Mantel succeeds in taking a familiar story and making it feel both fresh and suspenseful again. As with WOLF HALL, Mantel peels away the different layers of Cromwell's character, revealing a man who has his vulnerabilities but is also capable of being utterly ruthless to both friends and enemies. A scene where he interrogates the hapless musician Smeaton is a masterclass in intimidation and cruelty as he takes the man apart and reduces him to nothing. I was also fascinated by Mantel's portrayal of Anne Boleyn who is a complicated character in her own right - capricious and vicious she's an intelligent woman who isn't as secure in her own position as she would like and feels constantly compelled to manipulate the men around her. Cromwell's observations of her are astute and the way they dance around each other is nail bitingly tense and I actually felt sorry for her as she goes towards her doom. There's a wonderful sense of period running throughout the piece and I liked the way Mantel weaves Cromwell's personal history into his reactions and plans. I also enjoyed the fact that the narrative is written in a less stylised and thus earlier to follow style than in WOLF HALL. All in all, it's a stunning read and I'm very much looking forward to the final book in the trilogy.
Review: Total Delight - "Bring Up The Bodies", is - like its prequel ( "Wolf Hal"l ) - a superb piece of writing: original in its approach, gripping, deeply analytical of personality, motive and situation, brilliant and original in its descriptive as well as in its narrative style. Ms. Mantel raises the historical novel to a new level of excellence. Shortly before experiencing this superb brace of biographical exposés, I had read a representative of the genre written by one of its best known and most widely read authors. I was so bored by it that I had almost resolved never to venture into that area again. A chance meeting and a recommendation led to my reading Hilary Mantel, and the difference in quality taught me a lesson I am still enjoying. When "Bring Up The Bodies" ended, I felt genuinely sad. I wanted more. There was one small matter that caused me minor irritation: in "Wolf Hall", in order to create a sense of Thomas Cromwell's pervasiveness, his ubiquity, Ms. Mantel almost always refers to ( or identifies ) him with a personal pronoun rather than with his name. In that way the impression of Cromwell's thoughts and ideas, the thoughts behind the words, is cleverly conveyed. However, there were times when it proved a little confusing and even tiresome. A person ( other than Cromwell ) has just been referred to or quoted, and when the "he" of the next paragraph follows, one naturally assumes that the person now referred to or speaking is the same person....whereas, in fact, we have 'switched' to Cromwell. I questioned one or two other people who had read the book and their reaction was as mine. One had even ceased to read "Wolf Hall" because he found the device too irritating. I found, happily, that after the first few chapters I had adapted to this stylistic eccentricity, though occasionally it still proved a distraction. When I picked up "Bring Up The Bodies", I was prepared for it and thought myself more or less inured to it. To my surprise, it was almost absent! Whenever Cromwell was referred to or quoted, it was now, almost always, "he, Cromwell" or "him Cromwell" or "Cromwell himself", with some other variations. To be honest, this 'clarification' appeared so insistently that it began to feel awkward...affected; and at times it was actually unnecessary. I'm curious to know: were there so many adverse comments about this aspect of the style after "Wolf Hall" that Ms. Mantel decided to adjust it in the sequel? I doubt that. In fact, the revised ( 'corrected'? ) style was so obtrusively altered that I suspect the change ( no doubt accepted by the author - though maybe with reluctance ) was the work of a proof reader or sub-editor. I wonder if anyone can enlighten me. I can think of no other explanation for this change. None of this, however, spoiled my enjoyment of an outstandingly good book and I would recommend it without any serious qualification to any serious reader.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 186,449 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 25 in Fictional Historical Biographies 62 in Cultural Heritage Fiction 127 in Biographical & Autofiction |
| Book 2 of 3  | The Wolf Hall Trilogy |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (21,306) |
| Dimensions  | 15.9 x 4.6 x 24 cm |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 0008366764 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0008366766 |
| Item weight  | 1.05 kg |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 432 pages |
| Publication date  | 5 Mar. 2020 |
| Publisher  | Fourth Estate |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Masterful and filled with suspense
*by I***G on 19 December 2012*

It's 1535 and Cromwell is Henry VIII's Chief Minister and Master Secretary. Thanks to the new Queen Anne and the Boleyn family, he has property, riches and power, but the King's inner circle will never let him forget his humble beginnings and are constantly circling him, waiting for a mistake that they can use to bring about his downfall. That downfall may be closer than Cromwell likes because Anne has yet to bear Henry the male heir he craves and faced with her jealousy, her demands and her acquisitiveness, his eye is beginning to wander towards the more sedate Jane Seymour. Conscious of what happened to his mentor Wolsey, Cromwell know that if he's to satisfy the king's desire while preserving his own position then he must turn on the Boleyns. But Cromwell's navigating a dangerous path and the Boleyns will not go quietly ... Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize winning sequel to the Booker Prize winning WOLF HALL is an equally thrilling, intelligent and utterly gripping account of Anne Boleyn's downfall and the impact on Cromwell. Mantel succeeds in taking a familiar story and making it feel both fresh and suspenseful again. As with WOLF HALL, Mantel peels away the different layers of Cromwell's character, revealing a man who has his vulnerabilities but is also capable of being utterly ruthless to both friends and enemies. A scene where he interrogates the hapless musician Smeaton is a masterclass in intimidation and cruelty as he takes the man apart and reduces him to nothing. I was also fascinated by Mantel's portrayal of Anne Boleyn who is a complicated character in her own right - capricious and vicious she's an intelligent woman who isn't as secure in her own position as she would like and feels constantly compelled to manipulate the men around her. Cromwell's observations of her are astute and the way they dance around each other is nail bitingly tense and I actually felt sorry for her as she goes towards her doom. There's a wonderful sense of period running throughout the piece and I liked the way Mantel weaves Cromwell's personal history into his reactions and plans. I also enjoyed the fact that the narrative is written in a less stylised and thus earlier to follow style than in WOLF HALL. All in all, it's a stunning read and I'm very much looking forward to the final book in the trilogy.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Total Delight
*by N***H on 18 August 2013*

"Bring Up The Bodies", is - like its prequel ( "Wolf Hal"l ) - a superb piece of writing: original in its approach, gripping, deeply analytical of personality, motive and situation, brilliant and original in its descriptive as well as in its narrative style. Ms. Mantel raises the historical novel to a new level of excellence. Shortly before experiencing this superb brace of biographical exposés, I had read a representative of the genre written by one of its best known and most widely read authors. I was so bored by it that I had almost resolved never to venture into that area again. A chance meeting and a recommendation led to my reading Hilary Mantel, and the difference in quality taught me a lesson I am still enjoying. When "Bring Up The Bodies" ended, I felt genuinely sad. I wanted more. There was one small matter that caused me minor irritation: in "Wolf Hall", in order to create a sense of Thomas Cromwell's pervasiveness, his ubiquity, Ms. Mantel almost always refers to ( or identifies ) him with a personal pronoun rather than with his name. In that way the impression of Cromwell's thoughts and ideas, the thoughts behind the words, is cleverly conveyed. However, there were times when it proved a little confusing and even tiresome. A person ( other than Cromwell ) has just been referred to or quoted, and when the "he" of the next paragraph follows, one naturally assumes that the person now referred to or speaking is the same person....whereas, in fact, we have 'switched' to Cromwell. I questioned one or two other people who had read the book and their reaction was as mine. One had even ceased to read "Wolf Hall" because he found the device too irritating. I found, happily, that after the first few chapters I had adapted to this stylistic eccentricity, though occasionally it still proved a distraction. When I picked up "Bring Up The Bodies", I was prepared for it and thought myself more or less inured to it. To my surprise, it was almost absent! Whenever Cromwell was referred to or quoted, it was now, almost always, "he, Cromwell" or "him Cromwell" or "Cromwell himself", with some other variations. To be honest, this 'clarification' appeared so insistently that it began to feel awkward...affected; and at times it was actually unnecessary. I'm curious to know: were there so many adverse comments about this aspect of the style after "Wolf Hall" that Ms. Mantel decided to adjust it in the sequel? I doubt that. In fact, the revised ( 'corrected'? ) style was so obtrusively altered that I suspect the change ( no doubt accepted by the author - though maybe with reluctance ) was the work of a proof reader or sub-editor. I wonder if anyone can enlighten me. I can think of no other explanation for this change. None of this, however, spoiled my enjoyment of an outstandingly good book and I would recommend it without any serious qualification to any serious reader.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not the easiest to read
*by W***H on 28 December 2021*

I should have known this wouldn't be the easiest book to read after struggling with Wolf Hall. I often only have time read a short section at a time and suspect that if I had the chance to read a bigger chunk at one sitting, there'd be less need to re-read the last few pages each time I pick the book up. Having said that, for a person like me who has a real interest in the Tudors, the plot's good and it seems to have been well researched so I will read it to the end and it'll probably be worth a second reading when I have more time, prior to ordering the third in the trilogy.

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