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Post by beverley61 on Mar 9, 2020 12:32:59 GMT
It took a while for me too. What I found fascinating was in the second half of the book when they are staying in the rebel camp. A rebellion I knew nothing about. The original crime gets a bit lost at that point. I too hope Shardlake will keep going a while longer, maybe Sansom will give him a longer life span than normal for that age, or he will send Barak out crime solving. It would be good to see his take on Mary’s reign, another Tudor I don’t know much about. He could double the life span if he chose. The average life span is after all just that and includes childhood deaths and of course as a man he didn't have to go through childbirth and Shardlake was never going to be a soldier.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Mar 9, 2020 19:55:42 GMT
Anyway, back to Hilary Mantel ...
Finally got to see it. There was a documentary about her around the time she was writing Bring Up The Bodies, I think, which went into her everyday life and writing schedule, and I knew from there that she had had endometriosis, but the information about her early life was new. She's really quite remarkable to have overcome everything she has and to be at the top of her game now.
In case you don't know, The Mirror and The Light is being serialised on R4 starting next Monday, with Anton Lesser (Thomas More in the TV adaptation of Wolf Hall) as the narrator.
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Nov 21, 2023 8:50:51 GMT
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Post by vicky on Nov 21, 2023 16:56:45 GMT
There was a question on University Challenge last night the answer to which was The Mirror and the Light which made me think at the time that I wish it could be dramatised for television but probably won't be....and then the very next day comes this news! I am delighted.
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