{"product_id":"wolf-hall-9780805080681","title":"Wolf Hall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn inimitable style, Hilary Mantel's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolf Hall \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis \"a darkly brilliant reimagining of life under Henry VIII. . . . Magnificent.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe basis for the TV series on BBC and PBS Masterpiece starring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngland 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 twenty 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e twice won the Booker Prize, for her best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eBring Up the Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e. The final novel of the Wolf Hall trilogy, \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror \u0026amp; the Light\u003c\/i\u003e, debuted at #1 on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list and won critical acclaim around the globe. Mantel authored over a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eA Place of Greater Safety\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Black, \u003c\/i\u003e and the memoir \u003ci\u003eGiving Up the Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Henry Holt \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613939044626,"sku":"9780805080681","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_63c6c918-5168-41ba-b2bc-9736d666b9c8.jpg?v=1732422368","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wolf-hall-9780805080681","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}