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This was the book equivalent of the song that never ends.
The following review sums it up well:
“...dreadfully badly written... Mantel just wrote and wrote and wrote. I have yet to meet anyone outside the Booker panel who managed to get to the end of this tedious tome. God forbid there might be a sequel, which I fear is on the horizon" — Susan Bassnett, Times Higher Education
It took 650 pages to get from the end of Henry VIII's first marriage to the start of his second marriage. A number of peopl ...more
The following review sums it up well:
“...dreadfully badly written... Mantel just wrote and wrote and wrote. I have yet to meet anyone outside the Booker panel who managed to get to the end of this tedious tome. God forbid there might be a sequel, which I fear is on the horizon" — Susan Bassnett, Times Higher Education
It took 650 pages to get from the end of Henry VIII's first marriage to the start of his second marriage. A number of peopl ...more
