Wolf Hall

A Novel

De: Hilary Mantel

Narrado por: Ben Miles

This program is read by Ben Miles, who played Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.

Winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

A New York Times best seller

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of 20 years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

In inimitable style, Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall is "a darkly brilliant reimagining of life under Henry VIII.... Magnificent." (The Boston Globe)

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2009 Hilary Mantel (P)2020 Macmillan Audio

Wolf Hall

Just brilliant ❤️ we'll written, well-researched, and well-narrated. I also watched the BBC series protection and while I enjoyed that production, the audible version was superb. The reader did an excellent job not only with the prose, but with all the characters. I actually enjoyed hearing this more than viewing it. This series is not light reading/hearing, if you like something to sink your teeth into. Beautiful mix of creativity and history. Excellent ❤️ what a treasure Hilary Mantel left for those who love reading (hearing)and history. I will definitely be buying the written version of the trilogy 😊

Beautifully Inteicate

Wolf Hall is one of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever read. The author’s skill in weaving the subtleties of the historic period, including its religious, economic and political tides and the personalities involved is astounding. The more you know about that era, the more she tweaks your interest.

Masterpiece

Not Hilary Mantel around to write is such a tragic loss to us. She sketches the environment to make you feel like your in the room and just observing the characters deliver their lines and on serve the the nuance. Can’t see enough great things about it.

Excellent Writing

Admittedly, I listened to only a chapter or two of the audiobook as I found I needed to sight read Wolf Hall on Kindle, but I found both the story and the narration to be top rate. If and when I reread this book, I may just go the audio route as I’ve got the sense of the story and will be able to follow it better.

i love everything about the entire trilogy.

she should have won a 3rd Booker prize for, if nothing else, the last 30 pages of The Mirror and the Light.

Wolf Hall

I found the historical characters in his novel to be fascinating, and the book was incredibly well narrated!

Interesting story not so great narrator

This is a great book and I look forward to listening to the next one.
While the narrator was very good in most places he had a tendency to smack his mouth and lips. You ts kind of gross after a while. Also he kept changing the accents from French to German-ish. A little odd

Power and Intrigue in Tudor England

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel’s prose is vivid and immersive, bringing 16th-century England to life with rich detail and complex characters. A compelling read for those who enjoy nuanced storytelling and historical intrigue.
I enjoyed it so much, I immediately picked up the sequel.

Excellent performance

If you liked TV series, definitely read the book. It is fuller, better and presents the characters in a much more realistic light.

Ben Miles is now the voice of Cromwell in my head.

revisiting this novel for the magnificence that is Ben Miles performance. Falling in love with this book all over again.