Wolf Hall

Description

Wolf Hall is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel, published in 2009. The book is a biographical novel on Thomas Cromwell, an advisor to King Henry VIII.
Plot
The story takes off in the year 1500, introducing Thomas Cromwell as a young man, but following his path to power, now as an advisor to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. After Cardinal Wolsey fell from favor, King Henry VIII noticed Thomas Cromwell, whom he desperately sought for a male heir.
Themes
The intrigues of power and politics in the Tudor court
The dynamic between Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII
Loss of Catholicism‘s influence on England
Awards and Honors
2009 Man Booker Prize Winner
2010 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Winner
Adapted into a BBC miniseries in 2015 with Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell
Follow-ups
Bring Up the Bodies (2012) is the second novel of the trilogy on Thomas Cromwell
The Mirror and the Light (2020) is the final novel in the trilogy on Thomas Cromwell