Bring Up the Bodies

a novel

Hardcover, 412 pages

English language

Published Feb. 4, 2012 by Henry Holt and Co..

ISBN:
978-0-8050-9003-1
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OCLC Number:
940707564

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The sequel to Hilary Mantel's international bestseller and Man Booker Prize winner Wolf Hall explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in English history: the downfall of Anne Boleyn. ... Though he battled for years to marry her, Henry VIII has become disenchanted with the audacious Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him as son, and her sharp intelligence and strong will have alienated his old friends and the noble families of England.

When the discarded Katherine, Henry's first wife, dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice, setting in motion a dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason.

At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over a few terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn …

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • History
  • FICTION / Historical
  • FICTION / Literary

Places

  • Great Britain

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