הספר הראשון בטרילוגיה ההיסטורית עטורת הפרסים שכתבה הילרי מנטל, המתרחשת בתקופת הנרי השמיני ומתמקדת בדמותו של יועץ המלך, תומס קרומוול. וולף הול זכה בפרס מאן-בוקר לשנת 2009, בפרס המבקרים האמריקאים לשנת 2010 ובפרס על שם וולטר סקוט לשנת 2010.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize - The first book in the award-winning historical trilogy written by Hilary Mantle
England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey’s clerk, and later his successor.
Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages.
Wolf Hall is a truly great English novel, one that explores the intersection of individual psychology and wider politics. With a vast array of characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back history to show us Tudor England as a half-made society, moulding itself with great passion and suffering and courage.
