Bring Up the Bodies is the second book of a trilogy by award winning author Hilary Mantel. A vision of Henry the eighth’s Tudor court from 1535 to 1536. Most of the courtiers are deceitful and dangerous. Thomas Cromwell, the King’s first secretary who came from a common background, is crafty and intelligent. Cromwell gave Henry what he wanted when he organized the King’s divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Now just a few years later Henry wants rid of second wife Anne Boleyn and her scheming family. After all Henry went through to marry her, breaking with Rome and the Catholic church, she hasn’t bourn him a son. The Boleyns’ enemies, the Seymours, are waiting to push forward Jane, the daughter of the family, for Henry’s next wife.Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies is the second book of a trilogy by award winning author Hilary Mantel. A vision of Henry the eighth’s Tudor court from 1535 to 1536. Most of the courtiers are deceitful and dangerous. Thomas Cromwell, the King’s first secretary who came from a common background, is crafty and intelligent. Cromwell gave Henry what he wanted when he organized the King’s divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Now just a few years later Henry wants rid of second wife Anne Boleyn and her scheming family. After all Henry went through to marry her, breaking with Rome and the Catholic church, she hasn’t bourn him a son. The Boleyns’ enemies, the Seymours, are waiting to push forward Jane, the daughter of the family, for Henry’s next wife.
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