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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780007351459 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
KIS International School |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Item number |
MAN |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Mantel, Hilary |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Wolf Hall |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Fourth Estate, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2010. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
652 p. ; |
Dimensions |
18 cm. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
With no male heir, the infamous Henry VIII wants to annul his 20-year marriage to allow himself to marry Anne Boleyn. When Cardinal Wolsey fails to convince the Catholic Church to follow his king's ideas, he falls out of favor. In steps Thomas Cromwell--a blacksmith's son who has seen his share of hardship. When he is able to give the king his heart's desire, he finds himself in a powerful position. But his new role is a dangerous one with the volatile king. 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' 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, suffering and courage. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Fiction. |
655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
Genre/form data or focus term |
Historical Fiction |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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Koha item type |
SS fiction |