WolfHall

作者 Hilary Mantel著
出版社 HarperCollinsUK
出版时间 2010年3月
ISBN 9780007230204
定价 62.60

内容简介

WinneroftheManBookerPrize2009'LockCromwellinadeepdungeoninthemorning,'saysThomasMore,'andwhenyoucomebackthatnighthe'llbesittingonaplushcushioneatinglarks'tongues,andallthegaolerswillowehimmoney.'England,the1520s.HenryVIIIisonthethrone,buthasnoheir.CardinalWolseyishischiefadvisor,chargedwithsecuringthedivorcethepoperefusestogrant.IntothisatmosphereofdistrustandneedcomesThomasCromwell,firstasWolsey'sclerk,andlaterhissuccessor.Cromwellisawhollyoriginalman:thesonofabrutalblacksmith,apoliticalgenius,abriber,acharmer,abully,amanwithadelicateanddeadlyexpertiseinmanipulatingpeopleandevents.Ruthlessinpursuitofhisowninterests,heisasambitiousinhiswiderpoliticsasheisforhimself.Hisreformingagendaiscarriedoutinthegripofaself-interestedparliamentandakingwhofluctuatesbetweenromanticpassionsandmurderousrages.Fromoneofourfinestlivingwriters,‘WolfHall’isthatveryrarething:atrulygreatEnglishnovel,onethatexplorestheintersectionofindividualpsychologyandwiderpolitics.Withavastarrayofcharacters,andrichlyoverflowingwithincident,itpeelsbackhistorytoshowusTudorEnglandasahalf-madesociety,mouldingitselfwithgreatpassion,sufferingandcourage.

作者简介

HilaryMantelisoneofourmostimportantlivingwriters.Sheistheauthorofthirteenbooks,including'APlaceofGreaterSafety','GivingUptheGhost','BeyondBlack',whichwasshortlistedforthe2006OrangePrize,'WolfHall',winnerofthe2009ManBookerPrize,and,forthcomingin2012,itssequel'BringuptheBodies'.

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