Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Wolf Hall


The Henrician period is back in the news (actually, when is it out?) with yesterday's award of the Man Booker Prize to Hilary Mantel for Wolf Hall, treating Thomas Cromwell, the Anne Boleyn marriage, and it's dissolution. The title refers to Wolf Hall, the seat of the Seymour family, and home of Henry's next wife, Jane Seymour. Reviews here, here, and here (the last a terrific review by Colin Burrow in the London Review).

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Carnivalesque 54

The day job has been getting the best of me, and I almost missed Carnivalesque 54 over at Early Modern Notes. EMR gets a first blogosphere mention, but you really need to check out James Holloway's quite brilliant Eastern Association.