| Wolf Hall | 
| Author: Hilary Mantel
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Category: Book
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Rating:  377 reviews
Sales Rank: 30
Media: Paperback
Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.9
ISBN: 0007230206
EAN: 9780007230204
Publication Date: March 4, 2010
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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.'
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 Glad I ignored the negative reviews July 28, 2010
LA Hanson
I bought Wolf Hall when it first came out in paperback, along with 2 other shortlisted Booker Prize novels. I waited to read it because I found the negative reviews on here off putting and having read one of the other shortlisted titles (which I wouldn't rate at all), I was wary. Thank goodnes I started reading it yesterday and gave it a chance, although I haven't finished it (hence only 4 stars), I've already read over 100 pages and I am hooked. The writing is true quality a very rare thing these days in novels. Some have said the prose is dull etc, not at all in my opinion, it is rich bringing to life the period and the characters. Yes, there a lot of characters (how could there not be?) but so far I have not found this too confusing or the use of 'he' to denote Thomas Cromwell speaking etc. It is not a book you can skim; the prose is to be savoured. I find myself fully immersed in Tudor England and eager to read more. So to anyone like me who was put off by the negative reviews on here, go for it and give it a chance.
 Turning the Tudor Tables!! July 27, 2010
bonmot
This, by my standards, is a long book but from the first page I found it wonderfully enthralling and brilliantly written. I do not understand the comments I have seen about the text being confusing due to the use of first person speech. In fact, this style of writing, for me, catapulted the characters into the 21st Century, adding a kind of 'fly on the wall' authenticity to the unfolding drama. Mantel's research into the Tudor period is meticulous but the most fascinating thing is how she has taken facts and crafted them into a novel which completely turns the tables on how we previously saw Thomas Cromwell and his role in one of the most important periods of British history. His character is not the cold-blooded, greedy and power-seeking individual he has previously been painted but a man with tremendous intellect, a huge capacity for learning, a man who has changed his fortunes through hard work and observation, coupled with God-given talents. He climbed the social ladder himself but all the while he found positions for any promising, hard-working young people that crossed his path. I found it difficult to dislike him - and cannot wait for the sequel to this book, as it ends at the point when Anne Boleyn has just been executed. There must be at least another 1,500 pages (and 4 wives!) to come!!
Wolf Hall July 27, 2010
F. Jacobsen (U.K.)
Speedy delivery in excellent condition. A fascinating fresh look at historical characters who history has not treated evenhandedly.
 Tedious July 27, 2010
Polly
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't write a fair review on this book. It is obviously well researched and written, but I'm afraid I lost the will to read it after the first couple of chapters. Too many characters and not enough interest to keep the pages turning. I felt as if I was listening to a bore at a dinner party. Sorry
A Classic July 23, 2010
Sontee
Hilary Mantel has through 'words, words, just words' transformed Thomas Cromwell, into a `crush-worthy' character and inspired a lot of Mr.Darcy kind of feelings in my head. I hate to admit it, but I do have a crush (and will possibly always have one) on the fictional Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy.
I love the way that the Wolf Hall manages to transform a very political figure, whose biographers don't really have much information about his personal life, into a `go-getting charmer'.
A few years ago I'd read a biography of Thomas Cromwell. It was really interesting but left a lot unknown about the great Parliamentarian. Hilary Mantlel, fills in the gaps with fiction seamlessly.
The man who was possibly one of the founding fathers of `reformation' in Britain, was no aristocrat. He came from humble beginnings, but there are various theories about where they were. What Ms Mantel has done very cleverly here, is left him as a myth. You think you know more about him, but really ....do you?
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