Bring Up the Bodies

Wolf Hall was on the verge of 5 stars. In the sequel Mantel keeps it far more focused, dives in deeper, goes more into the machinations behind the conversations, the pace is balanced (I mean, I think we know how it ends up) so although it moves along nicely we are not hostage to a “thriller pace” I would not be surprised to see the two books being seen in “I, Claudius” category