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PublisherPicador
ISBN-100312429983
ISBN-139780312429980
eBay Product ID (ePID)84319761
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Book TitleWolf Hall : a Novel
Number of Pages640 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicLiterary, Biographical, Historical
GenreFiction
AuthorHilary Mantel
Book SeriesWolf Hall Trilogy Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsInspired . . . there are no new stories, only new ways of telling them. Set during Henry VIII's tumultuous, oft-covered reign, this epic novel . . . proves just how inspired a fresh take can be. [Mantel] is an author as audacious as Anne [Boleyn] herself, imagining private conversations between public figures and making it read as if she had a glass to the wall., Dazzling . . . .Thomas Cromwell remains a controversial and mysterious figure. Mantel has filled in the blanks plausibly, brilliantly. Wolf Hall has epic scale but lyric texture. Its 500-plus pages turn quickly, winged and falconlike . . . . both spellbinding and believable., Historical fiction at its finest, Wolf Hall captures the character of a nation and its people. It exemplifies something that has lately seemed as mythical as those serpent princesses: the great English novel., This masterwork is full of gems for the careful reader. The recurring details alone . . . shine through like some kind of Everyman's poetry. Plainspoken and occasionally brutal, Wolf Hall is both as complex and as powerful as its subject, as messy as life itself., "Hilary Mantel'sWolf Hallis a startling achievement, a brilliant historical novel focused on the rise to power of a figure exceedingly unlikely, on the face of things, to arouse any sympathy at all . . . . This is a novel too in which nothing is wasted, and nothing completely disappears."-Stephen Greenblatt,The New York Review of Books "On the origins of this once-world-shaking combat, with its still-vivid acerbity and cruelty, Hilary Mantel has written a historical novel of quite astonishing power. . . . With breathtaking subtlety-one quite ceases to notice the way in which she takes on the most intimate male habits of thought and speech-Mantel gives us a Henry who is sexually pathetic, and who needs a very down-to-earth counselor. . . . The means by which Mantel grounds and anchors her action so convincingly in the time she describes, while drawing so easily upon the past and hinting so indirectly at the future, put her in the very first rank of historical novelists. . . .Wolf Hallis a magnificent service to the language and literature whose early emancipation it depicts and also, in its demystifying of one of history's wickedest men, a service to the justice that Josephine Tey first demanded inThe Daughter of Time."-Christopher Hitchens,The Atlantic "Whether we accept Ms Mantel's reading of history or not, her characters have a lifeblood of their own . . . . a Shakespearean vigour. Stylistically, her fly-on-the-wall approach is achieved through the present tense, of which she is a master. Her prose is muscular, avoiding cod Tudor dialogue and going for direct modern English. The result is Ms Mantel's best novel yet."-The Economist "A novel both fresh and finely wrought: a brilliant portrait of a society in the throes of disorienting change, anchored by a penetrating character study of Henry's formidable advisor, Thomas Cromwell. It's no wonder that her masterful book just won this year's Booker Prize . . . [Mantel's prose is] extraordinarily flexible, subtle, and shrewd."-Wendy Smith,The Washington Post "[Mantel's] interest is in the question of good and evil as it applies to people who wield great power. That means anguish, exultation, deals, spies, decapitations, and fabulous clothes . . . She always goes for color, richness, music. She has read Shakespeare closely. One also hears the accents of the young James Joyce."-Joan Acocella,The New Yorker "Dazzling . . . .Thomas Cromwell remains a controversial and mysterious figure. Mantel has filled in the blanks plausibly, brilliantly.Wolf Hallhas epic scale but lyric texture. Its 500-plus pages turn quickly, winged and falconlike . . . . both spellbinding and believable."-Christopher Benfey,The New York Times Book Review "Mantel's abilities to channel the life and lexicon of the past are nothing short of astonishing. She burrows down through the historical record to uncover the tiniest, most telling details, evoking the minutiae of history as vividly as its grand sweep. The dialogue is so convincing that she seems to have been, in another life, a stenographer taking notes in the taverns and palaces of England."-Ross King,Los AngelesTimes "Darkly magnificent . . . Instead of bringing the past to us, her writing, brilliant and black, launches us disconcertingly into the past. We are space-time travelers landed in an alien world . . . history is a feast whose various and vital excitements and intrigues make th, Arch, elegant, richly detailed . . . [ Wolf Hall 's] main characters are scorchingly well rendered. And their sharp-clawed machinations are presented with nonstop verve in a book that can compress a wealth of incisiveness into a very few well-chosen words . . . Deft and diabolical as they are, Ms. Mantel's slyly malicious turns of phrase . . . succinctly capture the important struggles that have set her characters talking., The story of Cromwell's rise shimmers in Ms. Mantel's spry intelligent prose . . . [Mantel] leaches out the bones of the story as it is traditionally known, and presents to us a phantasmagoric extravaganza of the characters' plans and ploys, toils and tactics., This is in all respects a superior work of fiction, peopled with appealing characters living through a period of tense high drama,There will be few novels this year as good as this one., Mantel sets a new standard for historical fiction with her latest novel Wolf Hall , a riveting portrait of Thomas Cromwell . . . Mantel's crystalline style, piercing eye and interest in, shall we say, the darker side of human nature, together with a real respect for historical accuracy, make this novel an engrossing, enveloping read., [Mantel] seamlessly blends fiction and history and creates a stunning story of Tudor England . . . . With its excellent plotting and riveting dialogue, Wolf Hall is a gem of a novel that is both accurate and gripping., A huge book, in its range, ambition . . . in its success. [Mantel's] interest is in the question of good and evil as it applies to people who wield great power. That means anguish, exultation, deals, spies, decapitations, and fabulous clothes . . . She always goes for color, richness, music. She has read Shakespeare closely. One also hears the accents of the young James Joyce., Wolf Hall is a solid historical novel that's also a compelling read . . . Mantel's narrative manages to be both rich and lean: there's plenty of detail, but it's not piled in endless paragraphs. The plot flows swiftly from one development to the next., Whether we accept Ms Mantel's reading of history or not, her characters have a lifeblood of their own . . . . a Shakespearean vigour. Stylistically, her fly-on-the-wall approach is achieved through the present tense, of which she is a master. Her prose is muscular, avoiding cod Tudor dialogue and going for direct modern English. The result is Ms Mantel's best novel yet., Mixing fiction with fact, Mantel captures the atmosphere of the times and brings to life the important players., Darkly magnificent . . . Instead of bringing the past to us, her writing, brilliant and black, launches us disconcertingly into the past. We are space-time travelers landed in an alien world . . . history is a feast whose various and vital excitements and intrigues make the book a long and complex pleasure., Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall is a startling achievement, a brilliant historical novel focused on the rise to power of a figure exceedingly unlikely, on the face of things, to arouse any sympathy at all . . . . This is a novel too in which nothing is wasted, and nothing completely disappears., On the origins of this once-world-shaking combat, with its still-vivid acerbity and cruelty, Hilary Mantel has written a historical novel of quite astonishing power. . . . With breathtaking subtlety--one quite ceases to notice the way in which she takes on the most intimate male habits of thought and speech--Mantel gives us a Henry who is sexually pathetic, and who needs a very down-to-earth counselor. . . . The means by which Mantel grounds and anchors her action so convincingly in the time she describes, while drawing so easily upon the past and hinting so indirectly at the future, put her in the very first rank of historical novelists. . . . Wolf Hall is a magnificent service to the language and literature whose early emancipation it depicts and also, in its demystifying of one of history's wickedest men, a service to the justice that Josephine Tey first demanded in The Daughter of Time., A novel both fresh and finely wrought: a brilliant portrait of a society in the throes of disorienting change, anchored by a penetrating character study of Henry's formidable advisor, Thomas Cromwell. It's no wonder that her masterful book just won this year's Booker Prize . . . [Mantel's prose is] extraordinarily flexible, subtle, and shrewd., Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall . . . . Magnificent., [Mantel] wades into the dark currents of 16th century English politics to sculpt a drama and a protagonist with a surprisingly contemporary feel . . . Wolf Hall is sometimes an ambitious read. But it is a rewarding one as well., The essential Mantel element . . . is a style--of writing and of thinking--that combines steely-eyed intelligence with intense yet wide-ranging sympathy. This style implies enormous respect for her readers, as if she believes that we are as intelligent and empathetic as she is, and one of the acute pleasures of reading her books is that we sometimes find ourselves living up to those expectations. . . . If you are anything like me, you will finish Wolf Hall wishing it were twice as long as its 560 pages. Torn away from this sixteenth-century world, in which you have come to know the engaging, pragmatic Cromwell as if he were your own brother--as if he were yourself--you will turn to the Internet to find out more about him . . . But none of this, however instructive will make up for your feeling of loss, because none of this additional material will come clothed in the seductive, inimitable language of Mantel's great fiction., A deft, original, but complicated novel. Fans of historical fiction--or great writing--should howl with delight., Mantel's abilities to channel the life and lexicon of the past are nothing short of astonishing. She burrows down through the historical record to uncover the tiniest, most telling details, evoking the minutiae of history as vividly as its grand sweep. The dialogue is so convincing that she seems to have been, in another life, a stenographer taking notes in the taverns and palaces of England., Reader, you're in excellent hands with Hilary Mantel . . . for this thrumming, thrilling read. . . . Part of the delight of masterfully paced Wolf Hall is how utterly modern it feels. It is political intrigue pulsing with energy and peopled by historical figures who have never seemed more alive--and more human., [A] spirited novel . . . . Mantel has a solid grasp of court politics and a knack for sharp, cutting dialogue.
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisIn the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, one man dares to gamble his life to win the king's favor and ascend to the heights of political power., WINNER OF THE 2009 MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and 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's Wolf Hall is "a darkly brilliant reimagining of life under Henry VIII. . . . Magnificent." ( The Boston Globe ).
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- 09. Jun. 2022
Wolf Hall - the life and times of Thomas Cromwell
Awesome strory about early 16th century England, Henry VIII is looking for a new wife to give him a son and heir to the throneh His first is past child-bearing age so he must find a way around the Pope. His Chanceller Thomas Cromwell sets out to find a way for Henry to marry Anne Boleyn. It is a fascinating story with great character development. To me it is 800 pages of suspense, fear and worry. I looked elsewhere and the price was 3 times what I woulf have paid for the same item on a rival retail outlet.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 03. Dez. 2024
Book is well used, but still readable...
Book is well used, but still readableBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 26. Sep. 2023
Still to read, but from the reviews excellent books
Great booksBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 06. Mär. 2023
Wonderful series
Great price for a great book. The writing is superb and the story telling captivating.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 10. Jul. 2023
Wolf Hall
It took quite a bit longer to get here than they predicted, otherwise it was a good value for my moneyBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 21. Sep. 2020
Very absorbing. I recommend it for lovers of fiction & history who want to be carried away to another world.
Book in good condition, arrive speedily.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 29. Apr. 2020
"Wolf Hall" is in Hamstead Court
Outstanding 3 part series about Henry VIII's Cromwell.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 16. Feb. 2024
Interesting historical fiction selection.
Great book. Condition much better than expected. Prompt shipment.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 09. Jan. 2025
The book is in great shape. I am very pl...
The book is in great shape. I am very pleased.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 10. Jun. 2020
slow start...drawn it and off and running
the method of writing draws you into the storyBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
