Hilary Mantel, “Bring Up The Bodies ”, 2012, Henry
Holt & Co, 410 pp.
The action of Bring Up The Bodies occupies
only nine months, and within that nine months it concentrates on the three
weeks in which Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, is arrested, tried and
executed for treason. This is the second book of a trilogy, written from the
perspective of Thomas Cromwell. The
first book of this series was Wolf Hall, which
I read some time ago and posted my review at that time; the last book has yet
to be written. This current book is a
much more concentrated read than Wolf
Hall. There are no diversions once the plot against Anne begins to
accelerate.
However I would like to comment: Have you ever
had a book you were sad it ended…me too—this is not one of them. There are no references to the action and I
have little faith in the historical accuracy.
In any event, most of the action concerns things you might see on the
Jerry Springer show (is it still on)?
No comments:
Post a Comment