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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Book Analysis)

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

978280801736748EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, as well as a useful introduction to its historical context and the real events that inspired it. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 48-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Hilary Mantel Presentation of Wolf Hall Summary of Wolf Hall Character study Thomas Cromwell Henry Tudor Anne Boleyn Thomas Wolsey Katherine of Aragon Thomas More Analysis of Wolf Hall The plight of fatherhood The world of the Tudor court From novel to stage and beyond About Wolf Hall Wolf Hall is set in the dazzling but dangerous world of the Tudor court, as Henry VIII desperately tries to conceive an heir to shore up the fragile dynasty and makes or breaks the men and women around him according to his whims. In this turbulent landscape, one man rises unexpectedly to attain almost unparalleled power: Thomas Cromwell, a blacksmith’s son from Putney who will help secure the king’s separation from Katherine of Aragon and broker a new alliance with Anne Boleyn. Wolf Hall is the first work in a planned trilogy: Bring Up the Bodies, which traces the further rise of Cromwell and the fall of Anne Boleyn, was released in 2012, and a third book, The Mirror and the Light, is set to appear in 2019. Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were adapted into an acclaimed BBC miniseries starring Claire Foy, Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance in 2015. About Hilary Mantel Hilary Mantel is an English writer who is known in particular for her historical fiction, although she is also the author of a number of novels set in the present day, two short story collections and various articles and essays. Her best-known works are Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, which both focus on the precipitous rise of Thomas Cromwell and the shifting fortunes of those around him at the Tudor court. Following the publication of Bring Up the Bodies in 2012, Mantel became the first living British writer and the first woman to win the Man Booker Prize on two occasions; the novel was also the first sequel to be awarded the prize in its history.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, as well as a useful introduction to its historical context and the real events that inspired it. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 48-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Hilary Mantel Presentation of Wolf Hall Summary of Wolf Hall Character study Thomas Cromwell Henry Tudor Anne Boleyn Thomas Wolsey Katherine of Aragon Thomas More Analysis of Wolf Hall The plight of fatherhood The world of the Tudor court From novel to stage and beyond About Wolf Hall Wolf Hall is set in the dazzling but dangerous world of the Tudor court, as Henry VIII desperately tries to conceive an heir to shore up the fragile dynasty and makes or breaks the men and women around him according to his whims. In this turbulent landscape, one man rises unexpectedly to attain almost unparalleled power: Thomas Cromwell, a blacksmith’s son from Putney who will help secure the king’s separation from Katherine of Aragon and broker a new alliance with Anne Boleyn. Wolf Hall is the first work in a planned trilogy: Bring Up the Bodies, which traces the further rise of Cromwell and the fall of Anne Boleyn, was released in 2012, and a third book, The Mirror and the Light, is set to appear in 2019. Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were adapted into an acclaimed BBC miniseries starring Claire Foy, Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance in 2015. About Hilary Mantel Hilary Mantel is an English writer who is known in particular for her historical fiction, although she is also the author of a number of novels set in the present day, two short story collections and various articles and essays. Her best-known works are Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, which both focus on the precipitous rise of Thomas Cromwell and the shifting fortunes of those around him at the Tudor court. Following the publication of Bring Up the Bodies in 2012, Mantel became the first living British writer and the first woman to win the Man Booker Prize on two occasions; the novel was also the first sequel to be awarded the prize in its history.application/pdf1
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, as well as a useful introduction to its historical context and the real events that inspired it. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 48-page reading guide is structured as follows:

  • Biography of Hilary Mantel
  • Presentation of Wolf Hall
  • Summary of Wolf Hall
  • Character study
    • Thomas Cromwell
    • Henry Tudor
    • Anne Boleyn
    • Thomas Wolsey
    • Katherine of Aragon
    • Thomas More
  • Analysis of Wolf Hall
    • The plight of fatherhood
    • The world of the Tudor court
    • From novel to stage and beyond

About Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall is set in the dazzling but dangerous world of the Tudor court, as Henry VIII desperately tries to conceive an heir to shore up the fragile dynasty and makes or breaks the men and women around him according to his whims. In this turbulent landscape, one man rises unexpectedly to attain almost unparalleled power: Thomas Cromwell, a blacksmith’s son from Putney who will help secure the king’s separation from Katherine of Aragon and broker a new alliance with Anne Boleyn.

Wolf Hall is the first work in a planned trilogy: Bring Up the Bodies, which traces the further rise of Cromwell and the fall of Anne Boleyn, was released in 2012, and a third book, The Mirror and the Light, is set to appear in 2019. Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were adapted into an acclaimed BBC miniseries starring Claire Foy, Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance in 2015.

About Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel is an English writer who is known in particular for her historical fiction, although she is also the author of a number of novels set in the present day, two short story collections and various articles and essays. Her best-known works are Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, which both focus on the precipitous rise of Thomas Cromwell and the shifting fortunes of those around him at the Tudor court. Following the publication of Bring Up the Bodies in 2012, Mantel became the first living British writer and the first woman to win the Man Booker Prize on two occasions; the novel was also the first sequel to be awarded the prize in its history.

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