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Wolf Hall returns with the thrilling final instalment of Hilary Mantel鈥檚 magisterial trilogy, based on the life and death of Thomas Cromwell.

The Mirror and the Light opens in the heartbeat after Anne Boleyn鈥檚 death, as the young queen鈥檚 blood is sluiced from the scaffold and Thomas Cromwell picks his way across the wreckage to take up his position as principal councillor to an unpredictable king.

Despite his lowly beginnings in a Putney blacksmith鈥檚 forge, Cromwell has made a reputation for himself as one of England鈥檚 most formidable politicians. On the day of the queen鈥檚 death, he is at the height of his powers. He has found a bloody way for the king to escape his marriage, pinning Anne Boleyn and her circle to crimes they could never have imagined. He has delivered her to the Calais swordsman鈥檚 blade. He has smoothed the path for the king鈥檚 marriage to his third wife, Jane Seymour. And he has been rewarded well. Now both master secretary and lord privy seal, there are few parts of the state鈥檚 business that do not pass over his desk.

But in rising so high, Cromwell has also attracted powerful enemies...