In BRINGING UP THE BODIES, sequel to the Man-Booker Prize-winning WOLF Hall, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in English history: the destruction of Anne Boleyn. From history's darkroom, this novel offers a speaking picture to the modern world, a vision of Tudor England so recognisable it defies archaism. It is the work of one of our great writers at the height of her powers.