'The new edition is one of the most famous British novels of the new century, 'the best Booker Prize winner in many years' (Scotsman). Moreover, the sequel to 'Wolfhall' also won the Booker Prize - an unprecedented case in the history of the award. And in March 2020, the final novel of the trilogy, 'The Mirror and the Light', is finally published.
England, 16th century. Henry VIII Tudor is on the throne - but if he dies without an heir, civil war will break out. Thomas Cromwell is appointed to the royal Privy Council - the son of a rowdy blacksmith, who managed to serve as a mercenary in the French army, work in a Florentine banking house and become imbued with the ideas of Machiavellianism, the former secretary of the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey. Some consider Cromwell an unprincipled scoundrel, others - a political genius. By any means - flattery and threats, bribery and arrests - fulfilling the will of the king, he begins to build a new England...
In 2015, the BBC adapted both novels into a film, starring Mark Rylance (The Other Boleyn Girl, Bridge of Spies, Dunkirk), Damian Lewis (Romeo and Juliet, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Claire Foy (The Postal Service, The Crown, First Man). The series, known in Russian as Wolf Hall, was nominated for three Golden Globes (winning one), eight BAFTAs (winning three), and eight Emmys.