Winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize
Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Award
The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York
Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history
with the downfall of Anne Boleyn
Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted
with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp
intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble
families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the
court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice.
At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over
three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while
the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding
ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a
ferocious struggle. Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies follows the
dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To
defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the
papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne's head?
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Bring Up the Bodies is one of The New York Times' 10 Best Books of
2012, one of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Best Books of 2012 and one of
The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2012**
