Recently finished Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. What a read! Rich in historical detail, colorful language, and intrigue, you are transported to the time of Henry VIII and his efforts to shed Catherine and wed Anne. The focus is on Thomas Cromwell, Cardinal Wolsey's aide and then Henry's most valued minister. Mantel portrays him in a more favorable light than that with which history has illuminated him. It is also a remarkable illustration of Western Civilization and in particular our Anglo ancestry as an incredibly ignorant, savage and cruel heritage. There is a BBC miniseries in the works, scheduled to run in the UK in 2015; will we get it the following year; I hope so!
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