![]() The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.Ĭromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him, no private army. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. ![]() The story begins in May 1536: Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man's vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage. ![]() With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Named a best book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The Guardian, and many more ![]() ![]() The brilliant #1 New York Times bestseller ![]()
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