Bring up the Bodies

Name: Bring up the Bodies
Rating: 4.5 (21572 reviews)

by Hilary Mantel Book 2 in the The Wolf Hall Trilogy series.

First published 2012

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In 1535 Thomas Cromwell remains Henry VIII’s chief minister, but the king’s marriage to Anne Boleyn has failed to produce a surviving son. Henry’s attention turns towards Jane Seymour, while Anne’s enemies and former allies wait for an opportunity to remove her.

Cromwell is ordered to convert rumour, resentment and private conversation into a legal case against the queen and the men accused with her. The investigation becomes both a political execution and a reckoning with those who helped destroy Cardinal Wolsey, showing how efficiently court intrigue can be transformed into evidence, trial and death.

Historical Periods

Dissolution of the Monasteries1536–1541 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Historical Thriller

Historical people

Henry VIII1491–1547 Anne Boleyn1501–1536 Jane Seymour1508–1537 George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford1504–1536 Thomas Cromwell1485–1540 Henry Norris1482–1536