I have to say if you read this I would thoroughly recommend listening to it as well, Simon Vance did a superb job of bringing it to life for me. I know I listened to it rather than reading it, but this isn't the only reason I enjoyed it more.
It held my interest far more and seemed to have more about it than Wolf Hall. He, Andrew, enjoyed this book far more than Wolf Hall. ©2012 Hilary Mantel (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Read more It is the work of one of our great writers at the height of her powers. This new novel is a speaking picture, an audacious vision of Tudor England that sheds its light on the modern world. In Bring up the Bodies, sequel to the Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in English history: the destruction of Anne Boleyn. But neither minister nor king will emerge undamaged from the bloody theatre of Anne’s final days. As he eases a way through the sexual politics of the court, its miasma of gossip, he must negotiate a "truth" that will satisfy Henry and secure his own career. The minister sees what is at stake: not just the king’s pleasure, but the safety of the nation. When Henry visits Wolf Hall, Cromwell watches as Henry falls in love with the silent, plain Jane Seymour. But Henry’s actions have forced England into dangerous isolation, and Anne has failed to do what she promised: bear a son to secure the Tudor line. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome and created his own church. And he’ll stand anyone a drink." By 1535, Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith’s son, is far from his humble origins. "But if you don’t cut across him he’s a very gentleman.
Trip him, and he’ll cut off your leg," says Walter Cromwell in the year 1500. "My boy Thomas, give him a dirty look and he’ll gouge your eye out. The sequel to the Man Booker-winning Wolf Hall. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012
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