This novel explores the nature of love and compassion, faith and truth, in a combination of mystery and hilarity. Fludd…
arrives in the village of Fetherhoughton proclaiming, "I have come to transform you, transformation is my business." However, in the dour North of England village, the fruits of his labour are to be hard won and frequently unusual. 1989.
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England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged…
with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor. Cromwell's reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages. 2009 Man Booker Prize. 2009.