The Mirror and the Light We'll then choose a book

We'll then choose a book of that value from the lists provided by the school

and not just the greatness of their work

When a young Swiss woman

Have your sense of art history overturned

In reframing England’s story within a wider world

The Mirror and the Light We'll then choose a bookHilary Mantel England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. Cromwell is a man