The Mirror And The Light

The mirror and the light is a protracted journey to arrive at the conclusion that expertise talent and tireless commitment are not enough to hold it.

The mirror and the light. Told with immediacy and pace mantel s novels immerse readers in her tudor world. The mirror the light is a historical novel by english writer hilary mantel following wolf hall 2009 and bring up the bodies 2012 it is the final installment in her trilogy charting the rise and fall of thomas cromwell minister in the court of king henry viii covering the last four years of his life from 1536 until his death by execution in 1540. The mirror the light is generously self sufficient to read this alone would hardly be skimping. The first two books won mantel the man booker prize twice.

A blind spot to the development of the novel in the 20th century and a fixation with the 19th. No one writes like her not as engrossingly and it might seriously. Rich with the sights smells and textures of 16th century england. Mirror of justice pray for us.

He is at the peak of his career. The brilliant 1 new york times bestseller 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. This is a novel of its time despite. The mirror the light covers four years of cromwell s life from 1536 to 1540.

It is four or five books in itself. The king has made him a baron and appointed him the lord keeper of the privy seal. 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 and influential figures of his time. It s one of many references to both mirrors and light stitched subtly throughout the book though the title comes directly from a line cromwell offers henry.

Now thankfully dropped from the booker at shortlist stage the mirror and the light and its over hyped reception encapsulates everything that is rotten with the state of much of british literary fiction some wonderful independent publishers aside.