All quotations in this guide come from the First U.S. Among many other awards, Mantel received the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2014 for her services to literature. Mantel also became the first woman to win the Booker Prize twice. The first two books in the series- Wolf Hall (2009) and Bring Up the Bodies (2012)-were each awarded the Booker Prize in literature, marking the first time that a sequel was granted the prestigious award. Through it all, Thomas Cromwell remains his trusted advisor, serving as Secretary to the King and Lord Privy Seal-until his sudden and spectacular fall from grace. Meanwhile, he moves on to his next wife, Jane Seymour, in the hopes of finally fathering a legitimate male heir.
His enemies throughout the Catholic world, from France to Scotland and beyond, encroach at the borders. Henry has broken with the Holy Roman Empire, renounced the Pope, and declared himself Head of the Church of England. The kingdom occupies an uncertain position, cut off from the continent not merely by geography but now also by religion. The third volume in Hilary Mantel’s series of historical novels starring Thomas Cromwell, The Mirror and the Light begins where the previous book left off: Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII’s second wife, has been beheaded for infidelity and treason.
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