Введите обвиняемых. Хилари Мантел

Bring up the Bodies

Author: Hilary Mantel
Original title: Bring up the Bodies
Publisher: ABC, 2024.
Edition format: 11.5 x 18 cm
Number of pages: 480
Binding: soft
Language: Russian
ISBN: 978-5-389-25248-6

Newly revised, the sequel to Wolfhall, one of the most celebrated British novels of the new century, ‘the best Booker winner in many years’ (Scotsman). Moreover, the second book also won the Booker, a case unprecedented in the history of the prize. And in 2020, the final novel of the trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, was finally released. Mantel ‘has recreated the most important period of the new English history: the greatest English novelist of our time brings to life the most famous episodes of England's past,’ said Sir Peter Stothard, chairman of the Booker jury. He was echoed by Margaret Atwood, also a two-time Booker Prize winner: Mantel ‘starts where Wolfhall left off ... her literary ingenuity has not changed; everything is as apt and precise in every word’. So, Henry VIII Tudor begins to gravitate towards Anne Boleyn (the second of his, as we know, six wives), for the sake of marriage with whom he made a religious reformation, making England independent of the Pope. However, Anne has failed to bring the king his long-awaited heir to the throne, and Henry is already beginning to look at one of Anne's ladies-in-waiting, Jane Seymour. But it is not so easy to get rid of Anne and the powerful Boleyn clan - and in this the king will again be helped by Secretary of State Thomas Cromwell, a master of underhand intrigue. It would seem that it is well known how this story will end - but Mantel's novel reads more exciting than any detective ... In 2015, the BBC adapted both books, the main roles played by Mark Rylance (‘Another Boleyn’, ‘Bridge of Spies’, ‘Dunkirk’), Damian Lewis (‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood’), Claire Foy (‘Post Office’, ‘The Crown’, ‘Man on the Moon’). The series, known in Russian as ‘Wolf Hall’, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in three categories (winning in one), a BAFTA in eight (winning in three) and an Emmy, also in eight.