Wolf Hall
Registered by cathepsut of Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany on 12/3/2009
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
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"Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages. From one of our finest living writers, 'Wolf Hall' is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel, one that explores the intersection of individual psychology and wider politics. With a vast array of characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back history to show us Tudor England as a half-made society, moulding itself with great passion, suffering and courage."
The life of Thomas Cromwell. Different view onto the court of Henry VIII. Pretty good, compelling writing, but I ran out of steam halfway through. Tossed on page 272. Maybe I should keep the bookmark, but it's unlikely that I'll pick it up again. It's been sitting idle since Christmas...
"Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages. From one of our finest living writers, 'Wolf Hall' is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel, one that explores the intersection of individual psychology and wider politics. With a vast array of characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back history to show us Tudor England as a half-made society, moulding itself with great passion, suffering and courage."
The life of Thomas Cromwell. Different view onto the court of Henry VIII. Pretty good, compelling writing, but I ran out of steam halfway through. Tossed on page 272. Maybe I should keep the bookmark, but it's unlikely that I'll pick it up again. It's been sitting idle since Christmas...
Released 13 yrs ago (6/28/2010 UTC) at Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany
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Hmm, I hope the auto-fill list will come back? It feels wrong to add a city to a controlled release. Anyway, I am sending this out to a fellow bookmoocher... Happy travels!
