Wolf Hall [sound recording] : a novel / Hilary Mantel.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780792771159
- ISBN: 079277115X
- Physical Description: 18 sound discs (23 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [2010], p2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Compact disc. Title from container. "Sound Library"--Container. Release date supplied by publisher. Recording originally produced by W.F. Howes Ltd., p2009. In container (17 cm.) "Digitally Mastered"--Container. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Simon Slater. |
Summary, etc.: | With no male heir, the infamous Henry VIII wants to annul his 20-year marriage to allow himself to marry Anne Boleyn. When Cardinal Wolsey fails to convince the Catholic Church to follow his king's ideas, he falls out of favor. In steps Thomas Cromwell--a blacksmith's son who has seen his share of hardship. When he is able to give the king his heart's desire, he finds himself in a powerful position. But his new role is a dangerous one with the volatile king. |
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Subject: | Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540 > Fiction. Great Britain > History > Henry VIII, 1509-1547 > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Audiobooks. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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New Milford Public Library | CD BOOK F MANTE (Text) | 34021154073601 | Adult Fiction CD | Available | - |
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Summary
Wolf Hall
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 twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. The quest for the king's freedom destroys his adviser, the brilliant Cardinal Wolsey, and leaves a power vacuum. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell is a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people and a demon of energy: he is also a consummate politician, hardened by his personal losses, 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?