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WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 Listen to the long-awaited sequel to Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the stunning conclusion to Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize-winning Thomas Cromwell trilogy. Read by Ben Miles, who played Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, and was personally cast by the author. This edition includes a bonus conversation between Ben Miles and Hilary Mantel. 'If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?' England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen. Cromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on; he has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry's regime to breaking point, Cromwell's robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. But can a nation, or a person, shed the past like a skin? Do the dead continually unbury themselves? What will you do, the Spanish ambassador asks Cromwell, when the king turns on you, as sooner or later he turns on everyone close to him? With The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man's vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage. “You'll frequently hit the rewind button to fully appreciate the many, many perfect passages.” IRISH TIMES “Actor Ben Miles played Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptations of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, making him the perfect choice to narrate the remarkable final instalment in the Man Booker Prize-winning trilogy.” VOGUE
© 2020 W. F. Howes Ltd (Luisterboek): 9781528880008
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Luisterboek: 5 maart 2020
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WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 Listen to the long-awaited sequel to Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the stunning conclusion to Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize-winning Thomas Cromwell trilogy. Read by Ben Miles, who played Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, and was personally cast by the author. This edition includes a bonus conversation between Ben Miles and Hilary Mantel. 'If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?' England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen. Cromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on; he has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry's regime to breaking point, Cromwell's robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. But can a nation, or a person, shed the past like a skin? Do the dead continually unbury themselves? What will you do, the Spanish ambassador asks Cromwell, when the king turns on you, as sooner or later he turns on everyone close to him? With The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man's vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage. “You'll frequently hit the rewind button to fully appreciate the many, many perfect passages.” IRISH TIMES “Actor Ben Miles played Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptations of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, making him the perfect choice to narrate the remarkable final instalment in the Man Booker Prize-winning trilogy.” VOGUE
© 2020 W. F. Howes Ltd (Luisterboek): 9781528880008
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 5 maart 2020
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Jessie
9 mei 2020
A perfect end to a perfect trilogy
Jo-Ann
14 jun 2020
Prachtige boeken, super voorgelezen. Zo vind je ze niet in het Nederlands. Mooie inkijk in Engelse geschiedenis.
Mariëtta
12 nov 2020
Fantastisch boek (3e in de rij) en fantastisch voorgelezen. Aanrader
Joop
5 sep 2022
1)The narrator must be one of the best, he prevents one from losing track along the rich cast of characters. 2) At least to a non-native speaker the wording is incredible. 3) The story as it tells history is great.
Ton
10 feb 2024
Fabuleuze voorleesprestatie. Eindeloze reeks personages die allemaalsruk voor stuk tot leven worden gewekt. Tot ze stuk voor stuk - of toch bijna - op last van de koning worden onthoofd. En ja, een nog fabuleuze schrijfprestatie, tot op dat laatste schavot: je weet dat het komt, maar je wilt en kunt het niet geloven.
Richard
5 mrt 2020
Echt puntje van je stoel luisteren.3 boeken totaal 75 uur en blijft puntje van je stoel luisteren
L
14 aug 2020
Fantastisch geschreven en verteld. Wat een geloofwaardige uitwerking van de persoon Thomas Cromwell! Deed me op het laatst ook een beetje denken aan De Advocaat van Holland van N. Matsier.
Elisa
8 nov 2023
Amazingly narrated, a beautiful end to a fantastic trilogy.
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