These three essays are wonderful preparation and inspiration for our Mantel adventure. I've read the first two books and loved them. Excited that you will be with us on this intellectual journey.
I am fortunate that the Holbein portraits of More and Cromwell are side by side at The Frick in NYC, walking distance from our apartment.
Have you read "A Dead Man in Deptford" by Anthony Burgess about Christopher Marlowe? It's one of my favorite historical novels and set not too long after Wolf Hall.
I haven’t read that one, but it’s on my list. I have enjoyed Arthur Phillips’s *The King at the Edge of the World*, which features Marlowe as a character.
The essays are really whetting my appetite for this slow read. Thank you, Professor. Through your analysis and thoughts, before I’ve finished reading even Chapter 1 I am understanding what all of the praise of Mantel and these books is about. We are all in for a great experience in 2024.
John,
These three essays are wonderful preparation and inspiration for our Mantel adventure. I've read the first two books and loved them. Excited that you will be with us on this intellectual journey.
I am fortunate that the Holbein portraits of More and Cromwell are side by side at The Frick in NYC, walking distance from our apartment.
Thanks, David! I’m so happy that you have enjoyed the essays, and I’m excited to be along for the #WolfCrawl.
Have you read "A Dead Man in Deptford" by Anthony Burgess about Christopher Marlowe? It's one of my favorite historical novels and set not too long after Wolf Hall.
I haven’t read that one, but it’s on my list. I have enjoyed Arthur Phillips’s *The King at the Edge of the World*, which features Marlowe as a character.
"What matters to More in this case is less about the individual soul and more about what he sees as the problem of the proliferating text."
The heart of the matter. Excellent, instructive series, John.
Inspired by the sentiment, "the books will remain".
The essays are really whetting my appetite for this slow read. Thank you, Professor. Through your analysis and thoughts, before I’ve finished reading even Chapter 1 I am understanding what all of the praise of Mantel and these books is about. We are all in for a great experience in 2024.
I’m glad you’ve found them helpful!
Another excellent essay John.
🙏Thank you, Simon.