Wolf Hall

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?

Author: Hilary Mantel
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 10/13/2009
Series: Wolf Hall Trilogy #1
Pages: 560
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.60w x 1.90d
ISBN: 9780805080681


Award: Man Booker Prize - Winner
Award: Costa Book Awards - Nominee
Award: National Book Critics Circle Award - Winner
Award: Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction - Nominee
Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book