Today's Featured Book:
The Mirror and the Light
by Hilary Mantel
Genre: Historical Fiction
Published: March 10, 2020
Page Count: 913 pages
Summary:
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. 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.
Once the queen's head is severed, he walks away.
Mantel, Hilary. The Mirror and the Light: A Novel (Wolf Hall Series Book 3). Kindle Edition.
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Jean de Dinteville had said to him once, have you ever considered, Cremuel, why do we lie and lie?
Mantel, Hilary. The Mirror and the Light: A Novel (Wolf Hall Series Book 3). Kindle Edition.
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I've decided to read all three volumes of the Wolf Hall series by Hilary Mantel before watching the final part of the series on PBS.
It's comforting to watching the extreme political and religious devilry of the time of Henry VIII in light of the extreme political and religious devilry of our own times here in America.
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April 4th - 10th - Who is your favorite "hobbit" from J. R. R. Toliken's Middle-Earth books? (submitted by Snapdragon @ Snapdragon Alcove)
Why, Bilbo, of course!
I never got into this series/franchise so I couldn't think of any of the names other than Frodo and I can't even call them a favorite. Just wasn't my thing I guess. But this name does sound familiar! I do encounter references to the series in some of my books and I can usually recognize it then in the moment! Lol.
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I'm glad I read the books before, though it was long enough before I wonder if it really mattered. I think you'll like part 2!
ReplyDeleteThat's a helluva first line! I have not read this series but I understand it's become very popular from the tv series.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great line.
ReplyDeleteWhy do we "lie and lie?" I'd guess because one lie is never enough. Or we have to keep repeating the lie. Sigh. I want only the truth from now on!
ReplyDeleteI need to read this one soon. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read Hilary Mantel's series, but I've seen a lot of praise for the books. I like the quotes!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds too close for comfort to our own times, but it would be important to read and learn from it.
ReplyDeletethe first sentence is definitely a great hook! and why do we lie and lie indeed?
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