# Wolf Hall - Hardcover

by **Hilary Mantel** (Author)

**In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king's favor and ascend to the heights of political power**

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years, and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. The quest for the king's freedom destroys his adviser, the brilliant Cardinal Wolsey, and leaves a power vacuum.

Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell is a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people and a demon of energy: he is also a consummate politician, hardened by his personal losses, implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

In inimitable style, Hilary Mantel presents a picture of a half-made society on the cusp of change, where individuals fight or embrace their fate with passion and courage. With a vast array of characters, overflowing with incident, the novel re-creates an era when the personal and political are separated by a hairbreadth, where success brings unlimited power but a single failure means death.

### Author Biography

**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_

**Number of Pages:** 560

**Dimensions:** 1.9 x 9.4 x 6.6 IN

**Publication Date:** October 13, 2009

**Award:** Man Booker Prize (2009)

**Award:** Costa Book Awards (2009)

**Award:** National Book Critics Circle Award (2009)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Wolf Hall

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 5.6

**Point Value:** 34

## Details

- **Price:** 40.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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