Historically accurate A Ease of reading F On every page, EVERY page, I found it very difficult to know who was talking to whom. I love historical novels, but this was painful to read. I did NOT enjoy this book at all and don’t know why it won ANY awards.

posted Dec 27, 2012 at 2:36PM

**** stars. Wow! This is an amazing retelling of the saga of Henry VIII and his efforts to marry Anne Boleyn. Told from the point of view of Oliver Cromwell who becomes the second most powerful man in England because he has the ear of the king and enables his marriage. In his fight against Henry and the heretics of the new Protestant faiths, Thomas More does not come off a quite the hero that he has been portrayed in previous depictions. The dialogue and descriptions of the period are so adept, that you sometimes wonder if Ms. Mantel is the reincarnation of a person who was actually a "fly on the wall" during all the conversations. Highly recommend

posted Mar 11, 2013 at 7:32PM

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