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World Book Club: Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies

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Hilary Mantel

02/05/2020 GMT

Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies

BBC World Service - World Book Club, Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies

The rise and fall of Cromwell, the most powerful minister in the court of King Henry VIII

Multi-award winning novel charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the most powerful minister in the court of King Henry VIII.

This month World Book Club marks the recent worldwide publication of The Mirror and The Light by treating you to a repeat of our memorable edition of the programme with the double-Booker prize-winning British writer Hilary Mantel.

Recorded two years ago at the Man Booker 50 Festival at the South Bank Centre, which was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the renowned prize, Hilary Mantel discusses the second volume in her acclaimed series of novels about Thomas Cromwell. Bring Up the Bodies delves into the heart of Tudor history and the downfall of Queen Anne Boleyn whom King Henry VIII had battled for seven years to marry.

Join writer Hilary Mantel, presenter Harriett Gilbert and readers at the South Bank Centre and around the globe for a World Book Club for an hour during which the words Corona or Virus are not mentioned even once.

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