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Bring Up the Bodies
The Wolf Hall Trilogy: Book #2
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 16 hours 22 minutes
Description
Listen to the exciting new rendition of Bring Up the Bodies, read by Ben Miles who was personally cast by the author and played Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies. With an historic win for Bring Up the Bodies, the second book in the gripping Thomas Cromwell Trilogy, Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes. Winner of the Man Booker Prize. Winner of the Costa Book of the Year. By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, the king’s new wife. But Anne has failed to give the king an heir, and Cromwell watches as Henry falls for plain Jane Seymour. Cromwell must find a solution that will satisfy Henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career. But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of Anne’s final days. 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. "Simply exceptional...I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it." DAILY MAIL "A gripping story of tumbling fury and terror." INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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The Wolf Hall Trilogy Series

Wolf Hall
By: Hilary Mantel
Narrated by: Simon Slater
Length: 24 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith,... Read more »
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Wolf Hall
By: Hilary Mantel
Narrated by: Ben Miles
Length: 25 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Listen to the exciting new rendition of Wolf Hall, read by Ben Miles who was personally cast by the author and played Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies. The winner of the Man Booker Prize and captivating first book in the Thomas Cromwell trilogy. Winner of the Man Booker... Read more »
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Bring Up the Bodies
By: Hilary Mantel
Narrated by: Ben Miles
Length: 16 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Listen to the exciting new rendition of Bring Up the Bodies, read by Ben Miles who was personally cast by the author and played Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies. With an historic win for Bring Up the Bodies, the second book in the gripping Thomas Cromwell Trilogy, Hilary Mantel... Read more »
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Bring Up The Bodies
By: Hilary Mantel
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 14 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Bring Up The Bodies chronicles the downfall of Anne Boleyn through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to Henry VIII. Sir Peter Stothard, chairman of the judges, hailed Mantel as 'the greatest English prose writer of modern times'. By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith’s son, is far from his humble... Read more »
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The Mirror and the Light
By: Hilary Mantel
Narrated by: Ben Miles
Length: 38 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more »
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