"Beautifully constructed...The wonder of Mantel's retelling is that she makes these events fresh and terrifying all over again....Mantel's follow-up is equally sublime."—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Though he battled for years to marry her, Henry VIII is now disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son, and her sharp intelligence alienates his old friends and the noble families of England. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne becomes ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour waits her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. To ensure Jane's ascent, Thomas Cromwell must ally himself with his enemies, the papist aristocracy—and face the price that he must pay for Anne Boleyn's head. In this masterful sequel to Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel vividly reimagines the downfall of England's most infamous queen as never before, with unparalleled intelligence and grace.
An immediate New York Times bestseller Sequel to TheNew York Times bestseller Wolf Hall, winner of the Man Booker Prize A TV miniseries of the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy is being developed jointly by HBO and the BBC with Peter Straughan (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) adapting. More than 400,000 copies of Wolf Hall, book one of the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy, have been sold across all formats.
