Barbara L. (behold) reviewed on + 27 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
Absolutely a fantastic read! Though I don't know why the title, because I saw no reference to Wolf Hall until the very end, it makes no difference. I was consumed and enthralled by all 600 pages and so sorry to see it end.
The book is about Thomas Cromwell's life during the reign of Henry VIII's annulment of the marriage to Katherine and subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn, and the tumultous religous times surrounding these events. Mantel is an extremely gifted writer. Her dialogs are so believable, descriptive, and engrossing that one believes they are really witnessing actual conversations.
I LOVE this era of history and have read alot of historical fiction set in this time period, so it helped me understand the novel and characters alot better than I would have otherwise. Even so, I still was grateful for the Cast of Characters at the beginning, as I referred to it frequently! It is sometimes confusing, at least to me, when a person is referred to by name one time and another by title. Anyway, fabulous reading.
The book is about Thomas Cromwell's life during the reign of Henry VIII's annulment of the marriage to Katherine and subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn, and the tumultous religous times surrounding these events. Mantel is an extremely gifted writer. Her dialogs are so believable, descriptive, and engrossing that one believes they are really witnessing actual conversations.
I LOVE this era of history and have read alot of historical fiction set in this time period, so it helped me understand the novel and characters alot better than I would have otherwise. Even so, I still was grateful for the Cast of Characters at the beginning, as I referred to it frequently! It is sometimes confusing, at least to me, when a person is referred to by name one time and another by title. Anyway, fabulous reading.
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