She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man’s vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion, and courage. With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. But can a nation, or a person, shed the past like a skin? Do the dead continually unbury themselves? What will you do, the Spanish ambassador asks Cromwell, when the king turns on you, as sooner or later he turns on everyone close to him? Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to the breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen before Jane dies giving birth to the male heir he most craves.Ĭromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on he has no great family to back him, no private army. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. The final installment in the series, The Mirror and the Light, was in the works at the time of her death.“If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?”Įngland, May 1536. The first two books in the series were adapted to TV by BBC beginning in 2015. A French assassin eliminates Anne Boleyn. The final book in the trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, was released in 2020. Written by Elizabeth Oscar The book begins with the execution of Anne Boleyn in 1536.
The book series took a fictional look at the intrigue inside King Henry VIII's court, focusing on the scheming Thomas Cromwell during the period of Anne Boleyn's ascension and downfall. Mantel was a British author perhaps best known for her Tudor trilogy, which started with Wolf Hall in 2009. The 3 book in a trilogy about the life and the times of Thomas Cromwell. The brilliant 1 New York Times bestsellerNamed a best book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The Guardian, and many more With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.
However, it looks like the third and final installment will go forward in honor of Mantel, according to a Variety exclusive report. The Mirror And The Light is a remarkable and entertaining book. Following news of her death, questions were raised as to the fate of the upcoming The Mirror and the Light BBC adaptation, the final installment of Mantel's Tudor trilogy.
the news of her death shocked both her fans and those close to her in professional and personal collaboration. When it was announced that acclaimed author Hilary Mantel passed away.
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