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Plot Summary. Published in 2012, Bring Up The Bodies is a historical fiction novel by Hilary Mantel. The second book in Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy, it's based on the true events of Henry the VIII, King of England, as he tries to divorce his wife, Anne Boleyn (which was illegal at the time), in order to marry Jane Seymour.
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Bring Up the Bodies is an historical novel by Hilary Mantel, sequel to the award-winning Wolf Hall (2009), and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the powerful minister in the court of King Henry VIII. It won the 2012 Man Booker Prize and the 2012 Costa Book of the Year.
- Hilary Mantel
- 2012
Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel that follows the downfall of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, as seen through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell, the King's chief minister.
May 10, 2012 · When the discarded Katherine, Henry's first wife, dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice, setting in motion a dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down.
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Bring Up the Bodies Summary & Study Guide includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis, quotes, character descriptions, themes, and more.
An astounding literary accomplishment, BRING UP THE BODIES is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists.
May 8, 2012 · Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy.
