Mantel brings the Tudor court magnificently to life in this dazzling masterpiece of a novel. The Mirror and the Light begins with the powerful image of Anne Boleyns. The third book traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith’s son from Putney who rose to become Henry VIII’s feared right-hand man and fixer. He dodges the wrath of a man who is notable for a series of marriages in search. The Mirror and the Light brings to a close the series Mantel began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, both of which won the Booker Prize. “This book has been the greatest challenge of my writing life, and the most rewarding I hope and trust my readers will find it has been worth it.” Those were Hilary Mantel’s words before the publication of the third part of her Wolf Hall trilogy and there’s no doubt about it – it was definitely worth it. The final book, The Mirror and the Light, in the ambitious body of work was released to acclaim in 2020. A fictional account of Thomas Cromwell’s rise to power in the Tudor court of Henry VIII, the Wolf Hall trilogy has sold more than five million copies globally and has been translated into 41 languages.
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