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The Mirror and the Light

by Hilary Mantel
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Regal conclusion in Wolf Hall trilogy

The Mirror and the Light is a meticulously researched historical fiction that brings Tudor England to life. Mantel's prose is eloquent, bewitching, and full of rich detail, making it an excellent read for anyone looking for a complete immersion in the court intrigues and political machinations of Henry VIII.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2020)
  • Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee (2020)
  • Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (2021)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2020)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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by Hilary Mantel
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ISBN: 9780007481002
Authors: Hilary Mantel
Publisher: 4th Estate
Date of Publication: 2021-04-29
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.39
(rated by 38422 readers)

Description

“If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?”England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. 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 before Jane dies giving birth to the male heir he most craves.Cromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on; he has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to the breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. But can a nation, or a person, shed the past like a skin? Do the dead continually unbury themselves? What will you do, the Spanish ambassador asks Cromwell, when the king turns on you, as sooner or later he turns on everyone close to him?With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. 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.
 

Regal conclusion in Wolf Hall trilogy

The Mirror and the Light is a meticulously researched historical fiction that brings Tudor England to life. Mantel's prose is eloquent, bewitching, and full of rich detail, making it an excellent read for anyone looking for a complete immersion in the court intrigues and political machinations of Henry VIII.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2020)
  • Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee (2020)
  • Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (2021)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2020)
  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.