Review the mirror and the light6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() We are still deep in Cromwell’s point of view without being limited to it every so often, the narration draws back to add an aside about England’s mythic, irrational past. In many ways, The Mirror & The Light is merely a continuation - at somewhat greater length - of the techniques that made those books successful. Rare is the author of Tudor historical fiction who is neither influenced by nor responding to Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. In the intervening years, the daring choice of protagonist, unusual descriptive prose style, and deep-dive point-of-view manipulation that made Mantel’s take on Henry VIII’s advisor fresh have all been absorbed into the mainstream. ![]() MORE THAN A DECADE has passed since the first volume of Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy appeared and catapulted the veteran author to literary superstardom. ![]()
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