Sunday, 19 July 2020

Book Review: Hilary Mantel - The Mirror & the Light (published in 2020)



I can't believe it's done. The story of Thomas Cromwell aka Crumb aka Cremuel aka 'he' is told. It wasn't an easy task, but I have completed it. 


Wolf Hall was a tough nut to crack. Bring Up the Bodies was an unexpected fast read and the final book in the trilogy is a little bit of both. I tried to take a break in between to read another book, but I should have persisted. 

That's OK though, because when I picked up the second chapter, I didn't stop reading. 

I can relate to Cromwell quite a bit, and I like that Mantel tells the history of Henry VIII through his eyes. It gives us a completely different story than the one told by most other historians. The one were the king is central. 

I won't tell you too much about this book, as it's the third in a trilogy but it picks up right after Anne Boleyn has been beheaded. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this read and I'm happy I picked up this trilogy.

5 stars

Statistics:

Date read: July 19, 2020

Date published: March 5, 2020

Publisher: 4th Estate

Format: Paperback

Pages: 882

Genre: Historical Fiction

My Number of Books Read by this Author: 4

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