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The Tudors seem to be the Kennedys of England. There are countless books written about them and with a few exceptions they don't seem to be very bright. I was fearful...more...]]> 6101138 0007230184 9780007230181 243 123 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237697507m/6101138.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138.Wolf_Hall 4 0 false Sun Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 21:28:11 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 22:10:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6101138 0007230184 9780007230181 243 123 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237697507m/6101138.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138.Wolf_Hall 4 0 false Mon Nov 30 12:57:30 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 13:04:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6101138 0007230184 9780007230181 243 123 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237697507m/6101138.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138.Wolf_Hall 4 4 false Thu Nov 19 11:21:56 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 11:35:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6101138 0007230184 9780007230181 243 123 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237697507m/6101138.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138.Wolf_Hall 4 2 false Wed Nov 04 12:26:41 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 13:10:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6520929 0805080686 9780805080681 102 55 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255571695m/6520929.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6520929-wolf-hall 5 1 false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 20:14:40 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 20:14:40 -0700 2009 Hilary Mantel's sweeping novel begins with Thomas Cromwell as a pre-teen on the ground, being beaten by his drunkard father. He thinks he will die, but instead, he gets up, dusts himself off, and lives to see another day. This describes Cromwell throughout the novel- tenacious and...more...]]> 6101138 0007230184 9780007230181 243 123 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237697507m/6101138.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138.Wolf_Hall 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 09:57:09 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 10:04:12 -0700 2009
Admittedly I am fas...more...]]> 6101138 0007230184 9780007230181 243 123 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237697507m/6101138.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138.Wolf_Hall 4 0 false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 09:13:36 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 05:32:34 -0800 2009
I knew this book had won the Man Book prize this year and I did have high hopes. I was glad to see that they came through. There is nothing I love more than excellent writing, beautiful writing, an author that proud can call herself an author. Mantel manages this. She has a certain sort ...more...]]> 6101138 0007230184 9780007230181 243 123 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237697507m/6101138.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138.Wolf_Hall 4 1 false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:48:28 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:55:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6520929 0805080686 9780805080681 102 55 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255571695m/6520929.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6520929-wolf-hall 5 1 false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 31 08:13:03 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 11:29:11 -0800 2009
I normally don't read literary novels. Mostly they bore me to tears. This one didn't in part because it is about things I'm interested in: history and ...more...]]> 6101138 0007230184 9780007230181 243 123 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237697507m/6101138.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138.Wolf_Hall 5 1 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 12:11:53 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 12:45:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6101138 0007230184 9780007230181 243 123 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237697507m/6101138.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138.Wolf_Hall 4 0 false Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 18:51:53 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 17:21:25 -0800 2009 1 Wolf Hall, a novel focused on the story of Thomas Cromwell, secretary to the King until 1540. Painted as the ultimate and unlikely self-made man, Cro...more...]]> 6520929 0805080686 9780805080681 102 55 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255571695m/6520929.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6520929-wolf-hall 2 0 false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 09:08:31 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:59:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6101138 0007230184 9780007230181 243 123 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237697507m/6101138.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138.Wolf_Hall 4 0 false Thu Nov 26 22:14:12 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 12:31:09 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 22:14:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6101138 0007230184 9780007230181 243 123 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237697507m/6101138.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138.Wolf_Hall 5 0 false Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 00:49:02 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 18 08:48:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6520929 0805080686 9780805080681 102 55 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255571695m/6520929.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6520929-wolf-hall 3 0 false Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 01:09:12 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 20:22:14 -0800 2009 Wolf Hall, for all of Mantel's masterful use of language, image and history, ended leaving me unsatisfied, not stirred by the cumulative effect. As a forceful argument, a thesis of her man's, lawyer of humble birth, Thomas Cromwell's place in history versus a fanatically religious, torturing, misog...more...]]> 6520929 0805080686 9780805080681 102 55 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255571695m/6520929.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6520929-wolf-hall 4 0 false Wed Dec 02 16:56:41 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 17:03:51 -0800 2009 The Children's Book and J. M. Coetzee's Summertime. Wolf Hall offers a fascinating and expertly researched look at a man famously villainized in the play and film A Man for All Seasons and ...more...]]> 6101139 0007292414 9780007292417 9 4 4.04 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101139.Wolf_Hall 5 1 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 01:31:25 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 01:43:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6520929