The Mirror & the Light Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Hilary Mantel
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
410

The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel Book Summary

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With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man’s vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage.

The story begins in May 1536: Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.

Cromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to the breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. All of England lies at his feet, ripe for innovation and religious reform. But as fortune’s wheel turns, Cromwell’s enemies are gathering in the shadows. The inevitable question remains: how long can anyone survive under Henry’s cruel and capricious gaze?

Eagerly awaited and eight years in the making, The Mirror & the Light completes Cromwell’s journey from self-made man to one of the most feared, influential figures of his time. Portrayed by Mantel with pathos and terrific energy, Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a husband and a father, a man who both defied and defined his age.

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Book Name The Mirror & the Light
Genre Historical Fiction
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 7.01 MB

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The Mirror and the Light. This book was a great disappointment; although Mantel’s style is consistently of high quality the content is overly inflated. Her use of side plots which contribute little to the main storyline are irritating. These plus an overly large use of a characters musings cause the book to drag on endlessly. I’ve rarely been so happy to finish such an overinflated book.

Not Up To Par. I agree with another viewer, poor formatting. Wide margins, narrow reading area. Beyond that this was just boring. First 200 pages not bad, last 150 good, all in between filler garbage. Was there a contract to write a huge book? Cromwell was basically an evil and somewhat twisted man, and this attempt to make excuses for him just doesn’t work. Also, back to saying this like “ he,Cromwell” so you know who is speaking or doing what. Annoying! I am disappointed and have to advise you to pass.

Typos, and bad margins on Apple. I’m only a short way in, after devouring the first two when they arrived. For ten years I’ve read the first two on my phone whenever I need to pass the time. This new book, which I preordered after waiting for years, is nearly unreadable on my phone. The margins are so wide that combined they take up as much total width as the words. It’s awful. Wondering whether there’s a way to read this in the kindle app? Otherwise I suppose I’ll need to purchase again in another format. Do not buy this on iBooks. Also, I’m only a short way in and discovered two typos already.

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Summary of The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel

The The Mirror & the Light book written by Hilary Mantel was published on 10 March 2020, Tuesday in the Historical Fiction category. A total of 410 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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