The Mirror and the Light
May 1536 - Henry VIII has just rid himself of his second wife, Anne Boleyn, with the help of his faithful secretary, Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell has been managing Henry's personal and private affairs for ten years and has smoothed the way for Henry to marry a third wife in his quest to get a male heir. But Cromwell knows that Henry's whims and volatile temper can change with the wind, and that as much as he is in favor today, it could all fall apart tomorrow. He also knows that his trusted retainers are ambitious and could betray him for money, power, and position.
This is the third book in Mantel's fabulous trilogy about Thomas Cromwell and his rise from humble beginnings to being the most powerful man in England. The first two books both won the Man Booker prize and were dramatized into the play Wolf Hall which was presented as a six-part series on PBS (well worth watching). I loved all 750 pages of this book, and I'm sorry to see the series end.
I'm moving on to something lighter, a fantasy about time traveling librarians.
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