She focuses not on sets, costumes and locations, but on the events that unfold, the relationships that form and fade between the members of the court, and the man who stands to one side, watching and weighing them. Bring up the Bodies offers another satisfying dose of Elizabethan intrigue and treachery, told in Mantel's strikingly pared-back prose. Like many other people (the vast majority of the British public, it seems), I thoroughly enjoyed Wolf Hall and was thrilled when I heard that Hilary Mantel was writing a sequel. I would suggest either keeping with the he of the first book, or just use the person's name, not using both! Read more For me I found this superfluous and clumsy and it tended to irritate and grate on me after a while. However she has amended it in the book by saying he, followed by the person's surname. I know a lot of people complained about the use of the pronoun he and not knowing who was being talked about in Wolf Hall but this was not a problem for me, I had no problem keeping up with who he was. So I am now reading the non-fiction book The Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir.My only slight criticism is the use of the phrase he, Cromwell, etc as is indicated by my opening phrase of this review. The book has also led me to want to find out even more about Anne Boleyn's story at the end which is always a good sign. I have always felt that they would be excellent books for productions or plays. I have to say if you read this I would thoroughly recommend listening to it as well, Simon Vance did a superb job of bringing it to life for me. I know I listened to it rather than reading it, but this isn't the only reason I enjoyed it more. It held my interest far more and seemed to have more about it than Wolf Hall. He, Andrew, enjoyed this book far more than Wolf Hall. In Bring Up the Bodies, sequel to the Man Booker Prize– winning Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in English history: the destruction of Anne Boleyn. But neither minister nor king will emerge undamaged from the bloody theatre of Anne’s final days. As he eases a way through the sexual politics of the court, and its miasma of gossip, he must negotiate a “truth” that will satisfy Henry and secure his own career. The minister sees what is at stake: not just the king’s pleasure, but the safety of the nation. When Henry visits Wolf Hall, Cromwell watches as Henry falls in love with the silent, plain Jane Seymour. But Henry’s actions have forced England into dangerous isolation, and Anne has failed to do what she promised: bear a son to secure the Tudor line. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome and created his own church. By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith’s son, is far from his humble origins.
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