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Thomas Cromwell era il figlio di un fabbro di Putney. Un uomo capace di redigere un contratto e addestrare un falco, di disegnare una mappa e sedare una rissa, di arredare una casa e corrompere una giuria. Architetto machiavellico del regno di Enrico VIII e artefice dei destini della dinastia dei Tudor, il protagonista del romanzo di Hilary Mantel emerge qui in tutta la sua contraddittoria umanità. Cromwell venuto dal nulla, dedito ai mestieri più disparati - mercenario in Francia, banchiere a Firenze, commerciante di tessuti ad Anversa - in virtù delle sole doti intellettuali; Cromwell, di cui il re si servirà per ottenere il divorzio da Caterina d'Aragona e sposare Anna Bolena, dando così un nuovo corso alla storia della Chiesa inglese. Hilary Mantel ci dà un ritratto dell'Inghilterra dei Tudor nel quale il fascino di un'epoca lontana conosce uno splendore rinnovato, che pur senza tradire la cronaca degli eventi nulla ha in comune con la polverosa distanza di una remota pagina di storia: perché in "Wolf Hall" riusciamo a sentire l'odore acre della lana impregnata dalla pioggia e della terra sotto i piedi, il rilievo delle ossa sotto la pelle, il solco lasciato dai carri nel fango, il fruscio dei topi nei materassi.
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- Pagine: 779
- Data di uscita: 10-04-2014
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I just started Wolf Hall, and I find the relentless use of "he" to be extremely irritating. In the first several chapters, there are dozens of instances where it is not clear who is speaking. Every once in a while, as if recognizing the problem she has created, Mantel uses the phrase "he, Cromwell." Leggi tutto
“Suppose within each book there is another book, and within every letter on every page another volume constantly unfolding; but these volumes take no space on the desk. Suppose knowledge could be reduced to a quintessence, held within a picture, a sign, held within a place which is no place. Suppose Leggi tutto
For the first 100 pages I was like a Monkees song, you know the one - [Cue cute organ/guitar intro] I thought great historical novels about the 16th century were only true in fairy tales Meant for someone else but not for me Mmm, historical novelists were out to get me That's the way it seemed Disappointm Leggi tutto
The fate of peoples is made like this, two men in small rooms. Forget the coronations, the conclaves of cardinals, the pomp and processions. This is how the world changes: a counter pushed across a table, a pen stroke that alters the force of a phrase, a woman’s sigh as she passes and leaves on t
Everyone knows about the Tudors. Even people not particularly interested in history know the bare bones of the story, and people world-wide all seem to have heard about Henry VIII. I suspect it is one of the most popular periods to study in English history with its cast of colourful characters, intr Leggi tutto
I treat this novel as a qualified failure of an experiment (qualified since I am open to the possibility that the failure was mine) and I sincerely wish that Mantel does not win the Booker this year - I just cannot bring myself to spend anymore time with her lifeless narrator. More than anything else Leggi tutto
Hilary Mantel sure knows how to write; her prose is eloquent and sophisticated. Stylistically speaking, she is very distinctive. Very few writers wield grammar the way she does; she uses every means of punctuation at her disposal to achieve real effectual writing. At some points her writing is simpl Leggi tutto
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