
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel(Author)
Fourth Estate Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
688 pages
978-0-00-812644-5 (ISBN)
Description
The greatest literary sensation of recent times - and now the inspiration for a major BBC series, starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis and directed by Peter Kosminsky.
In this staggeringly brilliant novel, Hilary Mantel brings the opulent, brutal world of the Tudors to bloody, glittering life. It is the backdrop to the rise and rise of Thomas Cromwell: lowborn boy, charmer, bully, master of deadly intrigue and, finally, most powerful of Henry VIII's courtiers.
Both winners of the Man Booker Prize and already hugely successful stage plays, WOLF HALL and its sequel BRING UP THE BODIES have now been transformed into a BBC television series starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis, bringing history to life for a whole new audience.
In this staggeringly brilliant novel, Hilary Mantel brings the opulent, brutal world of the Tudors to bloody, glittering life. It is the backdrop to the rise and rise of Thomas Cromwell: lowborn boy, charmer, bully, master of deadly intrigue and, finally, most powerful of Henry VIII's courtiers.
Both winners of the Man Booker Prize and already hugely successful stage plays, WOLF HALL and its sequel BRING UP THE BODIES have now been transformed into a BBC television series starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis, bringing history to life for a whole new audience.
Reviews / Votes
'The most gripping book you'll ever read' The Times'A superb epic work. Richly satisfying' Kate Mosse
'Captures wonderfully the extrovert, confident, violent of the age' C. J. Sansom
'Terrifying. It's a world of marvels. But it is also a world of horrors, where screams are commonplace. A feast' Daily Telegraph
'Every bit as good as they said it was' Nicholas Hytner, Observer
'A stunning book ... I can't think of anything since 'Middlemarch' which so convincingly builds a world' Diana Athill
More details
Series
Edition
TV tie-in edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition type
Media tie-in
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-812644-5 (9780008126445)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Hilary Mantel is the author of seventeen books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black, the memoir Giving Up the Ghost and the short story collection The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. Her latest novel, The Mirror & the Light, won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, while Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were both awarded the Booker Prize.