دانلود کتاب Bring Up the Bodies نوشته Hilary Mantel

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هیلاری منتل – Hilary Mantel

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Henry Holt and Company

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۲۰۱۲

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انگلیسی

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EPUB

درباره کتاب Bring Up the Bodies :

“Bring Up the Bodies” is a novel by Hilary Mantel, first published in 2012. It is the sequel to “Wolf Hall” and the second book in Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy.

The novel picks up where “Wolf Hall” left off, with Cromwell having risen to even greater power as Henry VIII’s chief advisor. The book focuses on the downfall of Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, and the events leading up to her execution. As Cromwell works to secure evidence of Anne’s infidelity, he must navigate the treacherous waters of the Tudor court and outmaneuver his enemies.

Like “Wolf Hall,” “Bring Up the Bodies” is known for its richly detailed historical setting, its complex characterizations, and its intricate plotting. Mantel’s writing is both lyrical and incisive, and she is able to bring the world of Tudor England to life with remarkable vividness.

“Bring Up the Bodies” was awarded the Man Booker Prize in 2012, making Mantel the first woman to win the prize twice. The novel was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Overall, “Bring Up the Bodies” is a masterful work of historical fiction that showcases Hilary Mantel’s exceptional talent for crafting complex, multi-layered narratives. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Tudor England, political intrigue, or literary fiction in general.

داستان کتاب Bring Up the Bodies :

Though he battled for years to marry her, Henry VIII has become disenchanted with the audacious Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son, and her sharp intelligence and strong will have alienated his old friends and the noble families of England.

When the discarded Katherine, Henry’s first wife, dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice, setting in motion a dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason.

At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over a few terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally himself with his enemies. What price will he pay for Annie’s head?

جملاتی از کتاب Bring Up the Bodies :

“The things you think are the disasters in your life are not the disasters really. Almost anything can be turned around: out of every ditch, a path, if you can only see it.”

“The word ‘however’ is like an imp coiled beneath your chair. It induces ink to form words you have not yet seen, and lines to march across the page and overshoot the margin. There are no endings. If you think so you are deceived as to their nature. They are all beginnings. Here is one.”

“Those who are made can be unmade.”

“Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door.”

“He once thought it himself, that he might die with grief: for his wife, his daughters, his sisters, his father and master the cardinal. But pulse, obdurate, keeps its rhythm. You think you cannot keep breathing, but your ribcage has other ideas, rising and falling, emitting sighs. You must thrive in spite of yourself; and so that you may do it, God takes out your heart of flesh, and gives you a heart of stone.”

“You can be merry with the king, you can share a joke with him. But as Thomas More used to say, it’s like sporting with a tamed lion. You tousle its mane and pull its ears, but all the time you’re thinking, those claws, those claws, those claws.”

“She is very plain. What does Henry see in her?'”
“He thinks she’s stupid. He finds it restful.”

“What is the nature of the border between truth and lies? It is permeable and blurred because it is planted thick with rumour, confabulation, misunderstandings and twisted tales. Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door.”

“He needs guilty men. So he has found men who are guilty. Though perhaps not guilty as charged.”

“It is better not to try people, not to force them to desperation. Make them prosper; out of superfluidity, they will be generous. Full bellies breed gentle manners. The pinch of famine makes monsters.”
― Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies

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