Bring up the Bodies
- 作者:Hilary Mantel
- 出版社:Macmillan US
- 出版日期:2013-05-07
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:125003986X
- ISBN13:9781250039866
- 裝訂:平裝 / 432頁 / 普通級 / 單色印刷 / 初版
揭開都鐸王朝最具爭議的謎團------
安妮如何從尊貴的王后被迫走上斷頭臺?
她,是十六世紀最有魅力的女人,
英格蘭宗教改革因她而起,權力版圖也重新分配。
然而,在血腥的宮廷鬥爭中,誰才是最後的贏家?
安妮.博林,是英格蘭史上最具影響力的王后。亨利八世為了她,不惜拋棄結縭十餘載的凱瑟琳王后,更與權力強大的羅馬教廷反目,歐洲各國勢力因而重新洗牌。然而,當上王后不過三年三個月,安妮就命喪斷頭臺!
湯瑪斯.克倫威爾,是亨利八世意念的執行者,他到底有何能耐,能夠呼風喚雨,扶起一代王后,又將之推入倫敦塔?
他父親曾說:「說起我兒子湯瑪斯,如果你敢擺臭臉給他看,他一定會把你的眼珠子挖出來。你要是故意絆倒他,他就會把你的腿切斷。然而,如果你不去招惹他,他則是標準的紳士,願意請任何人喝一杯。
你絕不會想與他為敵。
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012
With this historic win for BRING UP THE BODIES, Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author and the first woman to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes, as well as being the first to win
with two consecutive novels. Continuing what began in the Man Booker Prize-winning WOLF HALL, we return to the court of Henry VIII, to witness the irresistible rise of Thomas Cromwell as he
contrives the destruction of Anne Boleyn.
By 1535 Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn. But the split from the Catholic Church has left England dangerously isolated, and Anne has
failed to give the king an heir. Cromwell watches as Henry falls for plain Jane Seymour. Negotiating the politics of the court, Cromwell must find a solution that will satisfy Henry,
safeguard the nation and secure his own career. But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of Anne's final days.
An astounding literary accomplishment, BRING UP THE BODIES is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists.
★本書中譯版《狼廳二部曲:血季》由天下文化出版。
作者簡介
希拉蕊.曼特爾 Hilary Mantel
1952年生於德比郡,曾於倫敦政經學院、雪菲德大學攻讀法學。1987年,曼特爾以一篇描撰寫吉達(紅海沿岸城市)的文章榮獲「奈波爾紀念獎」。兩年後,更以英國北方磨坊小鎮為故事背景的小說《佛洛德》(Fludd)贏得溫尼弗雷德.霍爾比紀念獎、「契爾特納姆」文學藝術獎和英國南部文學獎。之後陸續出版多部得獎作品,包括榮獲《周日快報》年度小說獎、重現法國大革命恢宏場面的小說《更安全之地》(A
Place of Greater Safety)、榮獲英國CBE文學獎的《超越黑暗》(Beyond Black),以及榮獲霍桑登獎的《愛的考驗》(An Experiment in Love)以及個人回憶錄《棄鬼》(Giving Up the Ghost)。
2009年出版的《狼廳》,榮獲曼布克文學獎以及全年美國書評人大獎,可謂生涯顛峰代表作。曼布克文學獎評審委員會主席諾帝(James Naughtie)評曰:「本書優秀得令人不可思議。作者用當代小說的方式講述了一個十六世紀的歷史故事,篇幅宏大,敘事細膩,語言瀟灑馳騁,場景設計巧妙,每一頁都熠熠生輝。」
希拉蕊.曼特爾目前與夫婿定居於英國倫敦。
Hilary Mantel is the author of thirteen books , including A PLACE OF GREATER SAFETY, BEYOND BLACK, and the memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST. Her two most recent novels, WOLF HALL and its sequel
BRING UP THE BODIES, have both been awarded The Man Booker Prize – an unprecedented achievement.