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Wolf Hall

The Wolf Hall Trilogy, Book 1

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Wolf Hall

Written by: Hilary Mantel
Narrated by: Ben Miles
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Listen to the exciting new rendition of Wolf Hall, read by Ben Miles who was personally cast by the author and played Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies. The winner of the Man Booker Prize and captivating first book in the Thomas Cromwell trilogy.

Winner of the Man Booker Prize.

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize.

Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award.

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.

From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: 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.

"Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good." DAILY MAIL

"Our most brilliant English writer." GUARDIAN

Shortlisted for the Golden Man Booker Prize. Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Sagas
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Ben Miles is amazing for this book. He's got the perfect play for the prose, which I found pretty annoying to follow while reading. The story has life with Ben Miles narration.
If you want to read Wolf Hall, but just can't get to it, this is great version to have along.

Great fun

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Very long read but the voice of Ben Miles made it endearing and enjoyable

Very long but loved it

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The story is pretty good, found this to be an interesting take on Tudor history, from a perspective that isn't seen often. I've tried reading this but couldn't get into the writing style, have only enjoyed it in audio form.

The narrator has a good voice that suits the characters, and he does a decent job... EXCEPT for the many many saliva/lip smacking sounds throughout, It's literally after every word, especially in parts where he speaks slowly and I found it really disgusting. Once I noticed it about 1/3rd through the book, I couldn't ignore it and it ruined the rest for me. I was distracted and ended up totally confused... a shame because I think I would have enjoyed the story much more with better narration.

A Decent Story Ruined by Gross Narration

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