Reading - Wolf Hall

August - September 2017

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel shows us Tudor England in the 1520s. The king without a male hair wants to annul his amrridge of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn to prevent  a civil war. Thomas Cromwell, a political genius, picks his way through a court where man is wolf to man. Pitting himself against parliament, the political establishment and the papacy, he is prepared to reshape England to his own and Henry's desires.

 

JUSTIFICATION

I have knew about this book and I waited for the summer to read it. It is a thick volume and it needs time. I decided not to lose touch with British history. If I want to remember historic events, the best way to experince them through reading the story.

 

REFLECTION

 Although thick, this book reads well. There are some expression I had to look up:

the second cousin once removed

unsubtle

a piece  of scripture

 to dissuade

uxorious

to quash

to expiate

a whim (she bought it on a whim)

furred breath

jurisdiction

an emendation