One review on 24 Nov 2012

First Published: 2009

Fiction

Wolf Hall

Author: Hilary Mantel 

synopsis extract: The rise and rise of Thomas Cromwell adviser to Henry 8th (and great grandad of the later Cromwell Lord Protector)

Publisher:
4th Estate
Date first read: Sat 24th Nov 2012

Format:   Paperback

Catalogued: 21st Nov 2024

Synopsis

The rise and rise of Thomas Cromwell adviser to Henry 8th (and great grandad of the later Cromwell Lord Protector)

Reviews

Review of "Wolf Hall"

by Roger on Sat 24th Nov 2012.

Two minor annoyances - the way it is written makes it hard sometimes to work out who is speaking, and the story of Cromwell has little dramatic tension - he just rises. But very good evocation of character, time and place.