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Wolf Hall

The Wolf Hall Trilogy, Book 1

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Wolf Hall

By: Hilary Mantel
Narrated by: Ben Miles
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Listen to the exciting new rendition of Wolf Hall, read by Ben Miles who was personally cast by the author and played Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies. The winner of the Man Booker Prize and captivating first book in the Thomas Cromwell trilogy.

Winner of the Man Booker Prize.

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize.

Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award.

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 and suffering and courage.

"Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good." DAILY MAIL

"Our most brilliant English writer." GUARDIAN

Shortlisted for the Golden Man Booker Prize. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction England Royalty Tudor
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I was engaged from the start and absolutely recommend this, a different perspective on Cromwell

Totally engrossing

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A well written and spoken imagining of a fascinating character from England's Tudor history. Very enjoyable

Good read about this historical figure

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So well written, so well read - thoroughly enjoyed this telling of such an interesting time in our history

Bloody good

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Excellent and compelling story telling, and tremendous narration. The narrator made it so easy to distinguish between the many complex characters (many with similar names).

Wonderful story, excellent narration

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Ben Miles is fantastic as narrator, not only does he play the character with so much life and nuance, but he provides distinct voices for every other character as well.
And the story itself is still so sharp and rich, it’s a pleasure to hear it in another way.

10/10

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