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The Mirror & the Light: A Novel (Wolf Hall Trilogy, 3)

The Mirror & the Light: A Novel (Wolf Hall Trilogy, 3)

The Mirror & the Light: A Novel (Wolf Hall Trilogy, 3)
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The Mirror & the Light: A Novel (Wolf Hall Trilogy, 3) Hardback - 2020

by Mantel, Hilary

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  • Title The Mirror & the Light: A Novel (Wolf Hall Trilogy, 3)
  • Author Mantel, Hilary
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 784
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Henry Holt and Co.
  • Publication date 3/10/2020 12:00:01 A
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000061798
  • ISBN 9780805096606 / 0805096604
  • Weight 1.87 lbs (0.85 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 6.37 x 1.7 in (24.38 x 16.18 x 4.32 cm)
  • Size 1.7000 in x 9.1000 in x 6.2000 i
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Great Britain - History - Henry VIII,
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2019051189
  • Dewey Decimal Code 823.914
  • Quantity available 1

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This seller has earned a 4.38 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.
4.38 / 5 (44 total reviews)

Readers widely admired Mantel’s prose and the psychological richness of her Cromwell, viewing this as a weighty, elegiac close to the trilogy. Many, however, felt the book is overlong and front-loaded with minutiae, lacking the taut propulsion of Wolf Hall and especially Bring Up the Bodies; patience is rewarded as momentum builds around Anne of Cleves and Cromwell’s fall. Devoted fans hailed a masterpiece, while others wished for a tighter edit or a split volume.

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masterful proseimmersivecharacter-drivenhistorically richelegiacslow-burnoverlongdemandingrewardinguneven pacing

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From the publisher

The brilliant #1 New York Times bestseller

Named a best book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The Guardian, and many more

With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man's vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage.

The story begins in May 1536: Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.

Cromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry's regime to the breaking point, Cromwell's robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. All of England lies at his feet, ripe for innovation and religious reform. But as fortune's wheel turns, Cromwell's enemies are gathering in the shadows. The inevitable question remains: how long can anyone survive under Henry's cruel and capricious gaze?

Eagerly awaited and eight years in the making, The Mirror & the Light completes Cromwell's journey from self-made man to one of the most feared, influential figures of his time. Portrayed by Mantel with pathos and terrific energy, Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a husband and a father, a man who both defied and defined his age.

About the author

Hilary Mantel twice won the Booker Prize, for her best-selling novel Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. The final novel of the Wolf Hall trilogy, The Mirror & the Light, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and won critical acclaim around the globe. Mantel authored over a dozen books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black, and the memoir Giving Up the Ghost

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