Now, in The Mirror & the Light she brings her trilogy to its final, thrilling conclusion.įrom a bloodied and tormented child on the rough-and-ready streets of Putney, to the service of the country’s most rich and powerful, Thomas Cromwell has ascended to the highest echelons of Henry VIII’s tumultuous court. Widely regarded as two of the greatest works of historical fiction, Hilary Mantel’s peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies have dazzlingly charted the rising arc of mercurial Tudor plotter, politician and power broker Thomas Cromwell.
The higher you climb, the further you fall. They will find him armoured, they will find him entrenched, they will find him stuck like a limpet to the future. - Bring up the Bodies But this was his table: he runs on the top of it, among the broken meats. They have eaten his banquet and now they will want to sweep him out with the rushes and the bones. "This book has been the greatest challenge of my writing life, and the most rewarding I hope and trust my readers will find it has been worth the wait.” - Hilary Mantel Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year 2021 Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 On 22 July 2021 further casting was announced.Exclusive Edition c ontains exclusive extra material, including an essay by Hilary Mantel about the historical settings of the Wolf Hall trilogy. The play is directed by Jeremy Herrin, designed by Christopher Oram with music by Stephen Warbeck. Co-adapter Ben Miles will reprise his role as Thomas Cromwell with Nathaniel Parker reprising his role Henry VIII.
It is the third part to Wolf Hall Parts One & Two which is a double-bill play based on Mantel's novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.įollowing the award-winning West End and Broadway productions of Wolf Hall Parts One & Two, the play is produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company (with Playful Productions) and opened in London's West End at the Gielgud Theatre from 23 September running until 28 November 2021. The Mirror and the Light is a play by Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles based on Mantel's 2020 book of the same name.
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