The Mirror and the Light
Hilary Mantel
The Mirror and the Light
Hilary Mantel
The Sunday Times bestsellerShortlisted for the Women's Prize for FictionLonglisted for the Booker Prize'It is a book not read, but lived' Telegraph'Her Cromwell novels are, for my money, the greatest English novels of this century' Observer aEUR?If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?aEUR (TM)
The Mirror & The Light begins after the death of Anne Boleyn. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmithaEUR (TM)s son has knocked down everyone in his path: established at the right hand of Henry VIII, he is the second man in England. But what will you do, an astute witness asks, when the king turns on you, as sooner or later he turns on everyone close to him?
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Sunday Times Bestseller (08/03/2020)
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