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    Description: Join Robert Winston, award winning author and TV presenter, as he takes an incredible journey around the human body in this jaw-dropping tour of anatomy. From how your blood flows to how your food is digested, take a trip through your very own body and be astounded by its inner workings.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bring up the Bodies, 10 May 2012
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If you loved Wolf Hall as much as I did, I am sure you will enjoy this novel every bit as much - if not more. In Bring up the Bodies, sequel to "Wolf Hall", Hilary Mantel continues Thomas Cromwell's story. "Wolf Hall" concentrated on Henry's divorce and the fall of Wolsey; this book takes place between autumn of 1535 and the summer of 1536 - a relatively short space of time, but one in which momentous events occur.

Henry's divorce has not brought peace to the realm. England abounds with rumours, scandal, intrigue and gossip. It seems to be always raining - the destroyed crops blamed on Anne Boleyn and the discontent she has brought to the country. People do not like... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars 'But that was long ago and in another country', 15 May 2012
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'His children are falling from the sky,' is the arresting opening sentence of the second novel in Mantel's trilogy, exploring the life of Thomas Cromwell at the court of Henry VIII. Hawks at the king's hunting party in Wiltshire have been named after Cromwell's dead daughters, an odd memorial, but one that immediately reminds us of Cromwell's loss of those dear to him, and the cut-throat world in which he is now a key player. 'When they look down they see nothing but their prey, and the borrowed plumes of the hunters; they see a flittering, flinching universe, a universe filled with their dinner.'

As has been observed by others, Mantel is writing at the height of her powers and her language is full of delights. She doesn't burden us with her research, which effortlessly provides the structure to her novel - it is her sensory description which allows us to think we know what it is to inhabit the world of Henry Tudor. She conjures up - with even more skill perhaps - the... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just as good as Wolf Hall - maybe even better, 10 May 2012
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I think this is the most brilliant book I've read this century, apart from Wolf Hall - but both books have developed from the same original egg - and there's another one still to be born, hurrah! Hilary Mantel has taken a crucial period in British history and made it live again in a new light, totally, satisfactorily, and rivetingly dramatised. Cromwell is portrayed as completely alone, playing his dangerous power game, bluffing for much of the time; he makes me think of someone walking a narrow path on a mountainside, not looking at the drop, relying on his sense of equilibrium and determination to remain on the path. And yet, in this book, that equilibrium will be rocked at least once (though I shan't say when and where).

I can't say that I liked all Cromwell's actions in this novel, and yet I continued to like him. His desire for revenge on those who tormented and betrayed his beloved master, Thomas Wolsey, provides the motive for some of his actions. For those who have... Read more
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