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11:22 am
December 8, 2009
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missisGG said:
yeay! Can't wait!
I always though Thomas Cromwell wasn't the horible person films/programmes always make him out to be. That why I liked him in the Tudors series because they made him more human and this book achieved it even more. I loved the detail it went into, overall I found the book difficult to read at times but it was worth it
I`m on tenter hooks waiting for the sequal! And I know what you mean about James Frain`s portrayal of Cromwell. I was in bits from the moment of his arrest until he was laying his head on the block in his last episode. It didn`t help that JF looks so hot with stubble and added scruff.
Be daly prove you shalle me fynde,nTo be to you bothe lovyng and kynde,
2:40 pm
February 16, 2009
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I got Wolf Hall with my Christmas money as well as the Cromwell biography by John Schofield that Hannah recommended, but haven't read them yet – so many books, so little time!
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6:28 pm
January 9, 2010
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For me, Wolf Hall was one of the stand-out reads of last year – Hilary Mantel deserves a medal alone for making me fall a little bit in love with Cromwell! (although James Frain on the Tudors did a pretty good job!)
Its true its hard work at the beginning but once you get into the flow of things you really can't put it down. Can't wait for the sequel, it'll be interesting to see how Mantel will handle Anne's fall, the Anne of Cleves fiasco and Cromwell's own fall fall from grace (which along with Anne Boleyns fall, i've always found something of a mystery.)
Oh, and Cromwells soft spot for Jane Seymour was definately surprising – and very intriguing! Can't wait to see how that one plays out!
6:23 pm
July 9, 2009
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I'm actually a little disappointed that there is going to be a sequel. I like that the book ends before the shit hits the fan, so to speak. The fact that it pretty much ends mid story and on the words Wolf Hall really made me think-like, why is the book called Wolf Hall? NONE of the action takes place there. I came to the conclusion that all the sordid goings-on at Wolf Hall are a metaphor for all the sordid goings-on in general at court. It also becomes a metaphor for what happens next, after the book, which is why I think a sequel isn't even necessary.
Anyway, I really loved the book and recommend it. It made me think. None of us would consider ourselves \”evil\” or \”bad,\” though Cromwell has been called both. In Wolf Hall, you see some of the bad stuff he does (an adulterous affair, for example), but because we see it all through his eyes, we as readers reserve judgement because it's almost like we are the ones doing it. I doubt I'll feel that way after reading about Anne's fall in the sequel though.
Ainsi sera, groigne qui groigne.
1:18 am
December 8, 2009
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It would be just cruel to not have a sequal, though. All those hints throughout Wolf Hall pointing the way to whats going to happen next (especiallly Cromwell's conversation with a rather crude boatman about Anne Boleyn!), would come to nothing, and besides, its time that all of Cromwell's story was told, and not just the first bit.
Be daly prove you shalle me fynde,nTo be to you bothe lovyng and kynde,
7:12 pm
October 3, 2009
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I like how the author had Cromwell dislike people he felt were phony & evil. Yet all the while doing evil things himself (but somehow justifying them)
I was very saddened by all his losses & moved by his love for the people around him that he made his \”family\”
I am glad that there is going to be a sequal because I was totally left hanging. The Cromwell in the book seems so proud & sustained such abuse at his father's hand that I am wondering how they are going to address how Henry eventually starts to disrespect him in public verbally & physically
XO-Gina
