Bring up the bodies : a novel
Bring up the bodies
Hilary Mantel.
- 1st U.S. ed.
- New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2012.
- xvii, 410 p. : geneal. tables ; 25 cm.
"A John Macrae book." Sequel to: Wolf Hall.
Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn.. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle.
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Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540 --Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Fiction.